Melanie Hall, MA
Executive Director

The Family Healthcare
Foundation
We have been providing the outreach and application assistance in Florida KidCare
(our CHIP program) in Tampa for more than
15 years. We have over 40 community partners in our KidCare Coalition.

The Family Healthcare
Foundation
The University of South Florida identified TFHF as the lead agency in the Tampa Bay area in their proposal for their Cooperative Agreement to provide Navigator Services.

USF Navigator Project

Tampa Bay
Consortium
Our Consortium partners are:
- Healthy Start Coalition of Hillsborough
- United Way Suncoast
- REACH UP
- Hispanic Services Council
- BayCare Health System
- Healthy Start Coalition of Pinellas
- United Way of Central Florida

Covering Tampa
In August we received private funding from
Allegany Franciscan Ministries to convene a series of meetings to lead a community planning exercise to create community capacity, coordinate efforts and develop a strategic plan to target outreach efforts for
Marketplace enrollment in Tampa Bay. The initiative is called Covering Tampa Bay.

Covering Tampa
Covering Tampa Bay brought together more than 76 participants representing more than 39 agencies. Partners include: hospitals
Health Departments funders
FQHC’s offices of elected officials
Enroll America social service agencies

Covering Tampa
The four half-day sessions produced a strategic plan that will include cooperating with community outreach, data reporting and a visual representation of all outreach and enrollment activities on a heat map that will be updated monthly.
Communication will occur on a membersonly webpage on our website.

Covering Tampa

Covering Tampa
This model brings together all funded entities and volunteer organizations under one initiative that will be able to report on the full impact of the
Affordable Care Act assistance in the
Tampa Bay area.

Covering Tampa
The collaboration also helps ensure that the partners will not be duplicating services and that every dollar supporting this effort is maximized.

Covering Tampa
Ultimately, creating capacity around our community’s ability to assist families and individuals in enrolling in public health options will help create a culture of coverage and lead to a healthier Tampa Bay.

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