Finding People/Benefits Outreach and Education

A Multi-Pronged Effort to Connect Seniors to Food and More

By focusing outreach efforts on hunger and combining their screening efforts through MIPPA and SHIP work for additional benefits, the Catawba Area Agency on Aging were able to reach more Medicare beneficiaries who were missing out on benefits.

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Adapting the Promotores Model for Benefits Access

Discover a successful method of benefits outreach to Hispanic audiences using community health promoters.

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After the Storm: Helping Joplin’s Seniors Access Emergency Benefits

Learn how Missouri aging agencies helped connect seniors to emergency assistance after the Joplin tornado.

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Birthday Greetings and Medicare Messages

Discover how one agency used data lists of people turning 65 to send messages related to Medicare benefits.

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Broadcasting Benefits: Telethon as Outreach

A television telethon reached a large audience with Medicare information and benefits outreach.

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Click2Mail: An Efficient Way to Send Messages About Benefits

The postal service Click2Mail offers an efficient, effective way to reach clients with messages about benefits and enrollment.

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Combining Benefits and Wellness Education in Chattanooga

See how one SHIP is using local radio to disseminate information on Medicare’s preventive services along with benefits outreach.

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Connecting with Seniors through the Farmers’ Market

See how one Office on Aging targeted recipients of farmers’ market subsidies for Medicare benefits outreach.

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Creative Partnerships to Boost Benefits in New Jersey

Discover how creative local partnerships in New Jersey have helped people with Medicare get benefits to cover their health care costs.

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Getting Beneficiaries on "The Bus"

The Connecticut SHIP literally has taken benefits outreach on the road by purchasing a satellite-equipped vehicle that is used to conduct benefits screenings.

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Helping Iowans with Home Energy and Medical Benefits

The Iowa SHIIP partnered with local agencies administering energy assistance to target Medicare benefits outreach to underserved populations.

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Intra-agency Referrals: Finding Clients from Within

Adelante Development Center—an NCOA-supported Benefits Enrollment Center—describes how connections between its assistive equipment recycling program and BEC have increased benefits applications for low-income Medicare beneficiaries.

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Looking Live on Michigan TV

A series of “live” television ads helped point Michigan seniors to places they could call to apply and learn about Medicare benefits.

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Making Dinner a SNAP

Grocery stores are a key venue to help educate low-income seniors about SNAP benefits and how to apply.

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Media Boost Gives Extra Help to Michigan Seniors

Michigan aging agencies worked closed with reporters to develop a compelling story about seniors missing out on benefits to pay for prescription drugs.

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Offering the Keys to Healthy Aging and Benefits

Pennsylvania is combining healthy aging workshops with benefits outreach to give older adults the keys to holistic wellness.

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Promoting Medicare's Preventive Services

Discover how several states are promoting utilization of Medicare’s preventive services.

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Reaching the Hard-to-Reach Through Out-stationing

Out-stationing benefits counselors into community sites frequented by low-income seniors is a strong way to build trust and conduct outreach.

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Reverse 9-1-1 and Other Innovative Benefits Outreach Strategies

Ocean County, NJ has utilized several unique strategies to do benefits outreach, including having the county 9-1-1 reverse call seniors with information.

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Silver Giving Circle Gives Benefits to LEP Seniors

Seniors with limited English proficiency are getting help learning about benefits from a dedicated group of volunteer peers.

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Training Pharmacy Students in Tennessee & Alabama

The Tennessee & Alabama SHIPs got help in their annual Part D counseling by engaging local pharmacy students to assist seniors in choosing their coverage.

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