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To find out more about the results of the BECs' first year of work, please see our report:
Person-Centered Benefits Access: Lessons Learned from the Benefits Enrollment Centers' First Year

The Center funds Benefits Enrollment Centers (BECs) in 21 areas of the country. Using web-based tools and person-centered approaches, the BECs help seniors in need and people with disabilities find and enroll in all the benefits programs for which they are eligible. These programs include the Medicare Part D Extra Help/Low-Income Subsidy (LIS), the Medicare Savings Programs, Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP - formerly known as Food Stamps), the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, among others.

Grantees have been selected to implement BECs that use person-centered strategies in a coordinated, community-wide approach. The first cohort of 10 BECs began their work in March 2009; a second cohort was selected by the Center to begin their work in April 2011.

As of April 1, 2013, the Benefits Enrollment Centers have screened more than 623,000 individuals for benefits worth more than $546 million.

BEC Innovations

In early 2012, the Center funded six BECs to implement significant innovations to scale up benefits access work ain their region and increase enrollment for underserved populations. In the year since they began piloting their innovations, these grantees helped over 4,800 individuals to enroll in benefits worth $7.7 million. Learn more about the Innovations grantees and view our infographic detailing some of their accomplishments.

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