“Thursday, January 29 is the National Youth Enrollment Day. United Ways across the country will conduct various outreach and enrollment events to help young adults understand their health insurance options and get covered with health insurance. From happy hours, to campus events, to open-mic slams, to bus stops, to social media blitzes, United Ways from Orlando to Anchorage and Jersey to Irvine have organized creative events to reach the most uninsured age group in the nation. United Way knows that families are more financially secure and children do better in school if everyone has access to quality and affordable health care. In year one of Open Enrollment under the Affordable Care Act, 183 local United Ways, along with their partners, helped 2.5 million Americans with their health care options.”
For more information regarding what local communities are doing, please contact individuals below. Also, read our Blog on National Youth Enrollment Day.
Anchorage, AK
Aimee Chauvot
achauvot@ak.org
907.317.0229
Chicago, IL
Bill Green
bill.green@uw-mc.org
708-701-1177
or
Alex Murphy
Alexandrea.murphy@uw-mc.org
312-906-2360
Muskegon, MI
Jamie Helsen
Jamie@unitedwaylakeshore.org
517-862-6987
Cleveland, OH
Kendra Wheeler
kwheeler@unitedwaycleveland.org
216-436-2122
Ventura County, CA
Catherine Pedrosa
catherine.pedrosa@vcunitedway.org
310-430-4132
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