Legal Aid of North Carolina seeks volunteers who can provide administrative support and assist with outreach efforts to spread the word about health coverage options through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Primary duties:
- Offer support in the Legal Aid office for administrative tasks such as data entry, making photocopies, phone calls, and scheduling enrollment assistance appointments
- Make phone calls to referrals from community partners to assess eligibility for special enrollment period to sign up for health coverage immediately instead of waiting for open enrollment
- Assist certified healthcare navigators in outreach activities like making presentations or tabling to look for uninsured people and to educate the public about their health coverage options in the following settings/events:
- Jails/prisons/detention centers
- Treatment facilities
- Faith-based organizations
- Low-income housing developments
- Health fairs
- Community days
- Festivals
- Schools
