Benefits and Health Insurance Enrollment
Helping Individuals And Families
Enhancing access to benefits and health insurance is critical to Seedco’s strategy of helping individuals and families move towards self-sufficiency. Our approach tackles multiple issues:
- Education and outreach to counter lack of awareness about programs, misunderstanding of eligibility requirements, and stigma on accessing assistance
- Embedding Seedco staff and outreach events in community-based settings to benefit from local partners’ trusted relationships and to provide ease of access
- Using Seedco’s proprietary EarnBenefits Online software to leverage the technology’s convenience, accuracy, and timeliness
Maryland Health Insurance Assistance
Tennessee Health Insurance Assistance (LYNC)
Connecting West Tennessee Kids to Coverage
Tennessee Health Coverage for Children and Families (Red Nose Day)
Maryland Health Connection
Seedco is an official partner of Maryland Health Connection, providing enrollment assistance with health and dental insurance. Our team of certified Navigators has the expertise to guide you as you look at plan options, including determining eligibility for tax credits to reduce monthly costs.
Find out how to get one-on-one help.
Linking Yourself and Neighbors to Coverage
Seedco’s Mid-South Regional Office has trained and certified Navigators ready to help uninsured consumers find affordable and comprehensive health coverage in 10 counties in West Tennessee.
Seedco recognizes how important health insurance is to families. You and your family may be eligible for low-cost health coverage with some plans as low as zero per month! Seedco Navigators provide free and confidential healthcare enrollment assistance.
Connecting West TN Kids to Coverage
Starting in 2019, Seedco’s Connecting West Tennessee Kids to Coverage provides outreach, education, and enrollment activities to connect families in need to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The program targets Shelby and Tipton Counties. Seedco is working with local health departments, social service providers, community centers, schools, and health providers to inform families about the availability of free or low-cost health coverage, identifying eligible children, and assisting families with applying and renewing. This program is generously funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Learn more about our program here.
Red Nose Day/Comic Relief US
Seedco is a proud recipient of funding from Red Nose Day/Comic Relief US! (RND/CRUS) strongly believes and supports that all children have the right to a healthy future.
What does that healthy future look like? It is providing a holistic balance of four Red Nose Day pillars: safety, health, education and empowerment!
A healthy body and mind that gives children the opportunity to achieve their hopes and dreams. Access to quality healthcare and nutritious food to ensure children can grow strong without worry. It is a space to nurture wellness, a safe place to call home, the right tools to learn, and it is empowering young people to lead us into this bright future.
We can make this a reality. Together, let’s build a healthy future for all children.
Seedco’s Midsouth Regional Office RND funded program provides children and families with access to healthcare coverage in ten counties across West Tennessee. Enrollment Counselors are available to assist you in enrollments and renewals in Shelby, Tipton, Haywood, Hardeman, Fayette, Madison, Chester and Lauderdale counties! Contact Seedco today if you or a family member is in need of insurance coverage!
SNAP Outreach
Many working families, unemployed, seniors, and others struggle to put food on the table. Since 2011, Seedco has helped thousands of low-income families across the country access vital food benefits. Seedco’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Outreach is focused on Baltimore residents, prevents hunger, helps seniors and families make healthier food choices, and counters misinformation and stigma associated with receiving SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps. The barriers are numerous: knowledge, language, and education limitations; pervasive myths; and difficulty accessing in-person assistance. We overcome these barriers by working at community-based sites, providing culturally competent services, and conducting wide outreach and information sharing. In addition, Seedco uses its EarnBenefitsOnline tool to screen individuals for a range of other benefits for which they may qualify.
In collaboration with CASH Campaign of Maryland, Bon Secours Community Works, and Centro de Ayuda, Seedco disseminates information, provides SNAP eligibility screenings, and directly assists people with completing the SNAP application. This program is supported by the State of Maryland Department of Human Resources.
Service in Six States
We have a program specific to Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, New York, and Tennessee – and we are always on the lookout for new communities