HHS Awards 105 Health Insurance Marketplace Navigator Contracts; Seven To Organizations Focused On Mental Health Populations

On August 15, 2013, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded $67 million in grants to 105 applicants to be Health Insurance Exchange Marketplace Navigators; seven of the awards, with an aggregate value of about $4 million, went to organizations in six states for plans to work with individuals with mental illness. The organizations are Mental Health America for projects in Florida and in Pennsylvania; Affiliated Service Providers of Indiana, Inc.; Alcohol/Drug Council of North Carolina; Clermont Recovery Center, Inc. for projects in three Ohio counties; the Pennsylvania Mental Health Consumers' Association; and the Texas Behavioral . . .