Streamlining Eligibility & Enrollment and Engaging

Stakeholders: The Virginia ExperienceRebecca Mendoza

Director of Maternal and Child Health, Virginia

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Working with Stakeholders

• Contracting with the Virginia Health Care Foundation Project Connect Outreach Grants SignUpNow trainings

• Children’s Health Insurance Program Advisory Committee (CHIPAC)

• Executive Steering Committee for RWJF Maximizing Enrollment grant

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Working with Stakeholders

• Engaging Local Department of Social Service (LDSS) & advocates in grant workgroups & activities in the RWJF Maximizing Enrollment grant

• Launching a LDSS Leadership Workgroup for RWJF Maximizing Enrollment grant

• Hosting a Health Care Reform Summit – focusing on the impact of reform on child health programs in Virginia

• Staffing – Recruiting advocates