Federal cuts slash more than $2M from Foundation Communities' health navigator program - Austin Monitor

Foundation Communities, a nonprofit providing health insurance enrollment assistance since 2013, is experiencing severe financial strain after a 90% funding cut to ACA navigator grants by the Trump administration. This elimination affects 56 programs nationwide and severely impacts their Prosper Health Coverage program, which expected $2.4 million in funding. With a history of facilitating thousands of enrollments annually, the grant had allowed them to hire specialists for year-round support, particularly for at-risk communities. This significant reduction foreshadows decreased assistance and challenges for consumers trying to navigate health insurance options.

"The navigator grant by and large pays for full-time, year-round staff who are really specialists and experts in health insurance enrollment - both Marketplace, Medicaid, CHIP and how to use your insurance."

"We do a lot of what we call 'coverage to care,' after open enrollment is over, we reach out to everyone we helped enroll and ask: Have you been able to use your health insurance?"

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