"One of the most effective ways to increase the number of eligible beneficiaries in needs-based benefits programs is for trusted local organizations to use a one-on-one, person-centered approach."
-- Jim Firman, President & CEO National Council on Aging
Welcome
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The National Center for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment (NCBOE)
helps organizations enroll seniors and younger adults with disabilities with limited means into the benefits programs for which they are eligible so that they can remain healthy and improve the quality of their lives.
The Center accomplishes its mission by:
providing
tools and resources
that help local, state and regional organizations to find, counsel and assist seniors and younger adults with disabilities to apply for and enroll in the benefits for which they may be eligible; and
generating and disseminating new knowledge about
best practices and cost effective strategies
for benefits outreach and enrollment.
Extra Help to Keep Extra Help: Assisting LIS Beneficiaries Who Lose Their Deemed Status
- July 2010
This new Issue Brief examines promising initiatives to help beneficiaries adversely affected by the Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) redeeming process regain and retain LIS.
Click here to read.
What Works: Alabama's AmeriCorps Project
- July 2010
The latest case study from the Center and the National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD) explores how the Alabama Department of Senior Services increased benefits assistance and enrollment by utilizing State AmeriCorps Members.
Click here to learn more.
New Tool Helps Users Map Benefits Data
NCOA's new data mapping tool allows users to search for information about eligibility and enrollment trends in Medicare and Medicaid benefits programs by state and, where possible, zip code.
Use the tool now.
If you need help
On
BenefitsCheckUp
, find federal, state, local and private programs that help seniors and younger adults with disabilities pay for:
