Project Connect
VHCF Project Connect grants are helping bring the benefits of health insurance -- and a healthier future -- to Virginia's uninsured children.
These Virginia Health Care Foundation grants, made possible with funding from the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services and the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation, allow local organizations to hire outreach workers who help families apply for Virginia's state-sponsored health insurance programs for children (FAMIS and FAMIS Plus).
To-date, Project Connect grantees have helped enroll more than 44,000 children in the FAMIS Programs and have aided nearly 5,000 others with renewing and retaining their coverage.
Currently there are 13 Project Connect grantees targeted strategically to serve the Virginia localities with the highest numbers of uninsured children.
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Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services, Inc.
(serving Alexandria and Arlington) |
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Bon Secours Richmond Health System
(serving the city of Richmond, Chesterfield County) |
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Cumberland Plateau Health District
(serving Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth, and Tazwell) |
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Henrico County Public Schools
(serving Henrico County) |
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Inova Partnership for Healthier Kids (PHK)
(serving Alexandria, Fairfax City and County, Loudoun County, Prince William County, and Falls Church) |
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Johnson Health Center
(serving Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford and Campbell counties and the cities of Bedford and Lynchburg) |
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Lonesome Pine Office on Youth
(serving Wise County) |
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Martinsville-Henry County Coalition for Health and Wellness
(serving Henry and Patrick counties and the city of Martinsville) |
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Pittsylvania County Community Action
(serving city of Danville, Pittsylvania County) |
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Radford University FAMIS Outreach Project
(serving Carroll, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery, Pulaski and Wythe counties and the cities of Galax and Radford) |
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Stafford County Head Start in partnership with Stafford County Department of Social Services
(serving Stafford County) |
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The STOP Organization
(serving Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach) |
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United Way Thomas Jefferson Area
(serving Albemarle and Charlottesville) |
SignUpNow
VHCF provides in-depth training and technical assistance to current and past Project Connect grantees, as well as to independent outreach projects through its SignUpNow initiative.
Covering Kids & Families
VHCF also sponsored outreach and application assistance projects through the Covering Kids & Families Initiative. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Roy R. Charles Charitable Trust, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Capital One, MAMSI (UnitedHealthcare) and Carilion, the three local pilots, which ran through 2006, enrolled nearly 5,200 children in the FAMIS Programs and assisted 1,196 others in renewing their coverage.
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