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Kansas Assistance Network, LLC

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Description

The Kansas Assistance Network, LLC (K.A.N.) is a nonprofit health insurance agency and subsidiary of the Community Health Council of Wyandotte County. Previously made-up of Marketplace assisters, KAN’s agents provide unbiased enrollment assistance and community outreach for health insurance including Medicare, Medicaid and Marketplace. They offer health literacy education to help families know how and where to get the healthcare while providing additional social service resources to improve their daily lives.

Goal / Mission

To improve the lives of Wyandotte and Johnson County families by aiding with health insurance and assistance program applications while providing health literacy education to increase appropriate use of services to narrow the gaps between service providers.

Results / Accomplishments

Assisted with over 2000 applications and helped to reduce the uninsured rate in Wyandotte County from 25% to 17%

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Community Health Council of Wyandotte County
Primary Contact
Molly Gotobed
803 Armstrong Ave.
Kansas City, KS 66101
913-228-2781
admin@ksassist.org
http://www.ksassist.org
Topics
Health / Health Care Access & Quality
Health
Health / Older Adults
Organization(s)
Community Health Council of Wyandotte County
Date of implementation
10/15/2013
For more details
http://www.ksassist.org/
Target Audience
Adults, Women, Men, Older Adults, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities

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  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success and/or promise in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures of improvement in outcome of interest (i.e. increase in voter registration, not just delivery of voter registration drive) and/ or the outcome measure is increased or improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant.