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| There are 24 Promise Partner Community Schools |
A famous proverb suggests that, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This is exactly what the Utah Health Policy Project (UHPP), Take Care Utah (TCU), and the United Way of Salt Lake are doing with the Collective Impact Promise Partnership program.
Begun three years ago, the Promise Partnership effort assigns enrollment assistors to 24 elementary and middle schools (see map here) located within three different Utah counties. These assistors conduct outreach and education to help children and families learn about and sign up for health insurance.
Why is this important? Because Utah has the fifth-highest rate of uninsured children in the nation. And Utah is the worst state in the country for uninsured Hispanic children, with 22.2% of Hispanic children lacking health coverage—a rate that is double the national average.
For the six months from July to December 2015, the partnership reached over 3,393 people leading to 393 enrollments into Medicaid, PCN, UPP, CHIP, and private insurance. Research studies inform us that children who have access to health insurance and receive regular healthcare are more likely to attend school regularly and focus on their learning. Plus, parents with access to affordable health insurance are more likely to keep their kids insured and better support their children.
Operating at schools within the communities of Kearns, Guadalupe, South Salt Lake, Park City, West Valley, Clearfield, and now Midvale, the Promise Partnership staff are aligning services and connecting the dots in the effort to change the odds.
More recently, enrollment assistors from UHPP, UWSL, Midtown Community Health Clinic, Health Access Project, Association for Community Health, Utah Partners for Health, and Comunidades Unidas have formed a task force that meets once a month and shares outreach and enrollment ideas and connections that help to increase the number of children enrolled.
For a map of the 24 Promise Partnership schools, click here (pdf)
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