NYCETC – NYC Workforce Weekly – SNAP Panel
March 3, 2015NYC Workforce Weekly featured Seedco’s SNAP Panel event that takes place on March 11, 2015. Learn More
Stiffer Tax Penalties Used to Spur Insurance Enrollment
February 25, 2015The New York Times Lisa Stein, a vice president at Seedco, a nonprofit group that works with local partners to enroll people through the exchanges in Georgia, Maryland, New York and Tennessee, said the second enrollment period had gone far more smoothly than the first. “Last year we were building the ship and sailing it…Learn More
“We learned a lot from last year’s open enrollment about how to streamline the process,” said Chermale Casem, Chief Operating Officer of Seedco’s Mid-South regional office in Memphis. “However, we still find that many consumers do not realize they may be eligible for financial assistance and often wait until too late to seek assistance,” Casem…Learn More
Federal Funding for Healthcare Guides May Vanish
January 5, 2015“The CAP program teaches consumers insurance lingo and how their plans work so they can eventually advocate for themselves”, said Govind Shantharam, a health advocate with Seedco, one of about 24 subcontracted CAP providers across the state.Learn More
Even in Southwest Georgia, ACA Signups Find Momentum
December 17, 2014People who assist consumers in signing up for exchange coverage – including navigators, certified application counselors and others – say that the people they’ve helped are roughly split 50/50 between re-enrollers and new candidates.
Sheila Freeman of Spring Creek Health Cooperative in Colquitt, which works with the Seedco navigator organization, says, “We’re staying very, very busy.”Learn More
Seedco’s Fatherhood Program Participant Johnny Price Wins Award for Perseverance and Drive
October 28, 2014Since early 2013, Johnny Price has been a participant in Seedco’s Strong Fathers, Stronger Families (SFSF) program housed at BronxWorks, one of four community-based organizations partnering with Seedco in the program. SFSF is a program designed to help low-income custodial and non-custodial fathers in NYC neighborhoods like Mr. Price’s in the Bronx gain the resources they need to enter and succeed in the workforce, while developing closer relationships with their children and partners.Learn More
Obamacare Foot Soldiers, Armed with Experience
October 27, 2014The Obamacare sign-up team knows a lot more about how to actually enroll people in health insurance this time around. “Navigator services are only going to be more important as we move into the second and third enrollment periods and on,” said Ben Thomases, Executive Vice President of Programs at Seedco, which oversaw assister programs in Georgia, Maryland, New York and Tennessee.Learn More
Seedco and Macon-based Community Health Works are splitting a $3.3 million federal grant for Georgia navigators. Learn More
Navigators Aided Consumers in Need, Report Shows
October 24, 2014Seedco, a nonprofit group, was the lead organization in Georgia supplying navigators during the last Open Enrollment period for the ACA insurance exchanges. It also provided these counselors in Tennessee, New York and Maryland, and will do so again in the new enrollment period, which starts next month.Learn More
With UGA Out, 2 Nonprofits Share $3.3 million ACA Navigators Grant
September 11, 2014Two nonprofit organizations will divide $3.3 million in federal money to provide “navigators” to help consumers enroll in the Georgia health insurance exchange this fall. -OnlineAthens/Athens Banner-HeraldLearn More