Open Enrollment for Health Insurance
November 10, 2016Yolanda Vazquez speaks with Mark Romaninsky, the Program Director for Seedco, about Open Enrollment for Health Insurance for Maryland residents. Residents can apply from November 1st, 2016 – January 31st, 2017. Also discussed is eligibility and new plan options for 2017. Learn More
Marylanders hoping to buy health insurance from Evergreen Health through the state’s online insurance exchange, which opened Tuesday, will have to wait.Learn More
From Dallas to Baton Rouge, La., to France, as the world simultaneously salts and licks wounds – and many question whether the center can hold – West Baltimore, with help from the Archdiocese of Baltimore and others, is doing its best to see that it does.Learn More
The non-profit comunity development group Structured Employment Economic Development Corporation, or Seedco, will receive $950,000 over the next two years to help find and enroll children who are eligible for public health insurance in Maryland, officials from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.Learn More
Health exchange extends open enrollment by a week
February 2, 2016Open enrollment on the state’s health insurance exchange has been extended five days because of the snowstorm that crippled the region and might have prevented consumers from seeking assistance, officials said Friday.Learn More
Third year of open enrollment on health exchange begins
November 2, 2015The start of open enrollment on the state’s online marketplace for health insurance went smoothly Sunday, officials said, with almost 780 people signing up by late afternoon and many others calling for information or meeting in person with professional advisers.Learn More
Bilingual Man Educates Low-Income Maryland Residents
April 22, 2015When Carlos Bolanos arrives at the Esperanza Center in Fells Point twice a week, the line is often 15 people deep, even on a slow day. As an EarnBenefits specialist for the nonprofit Seedco, Bolanos helps to screen low-income residents for benefits including food stamps, health insurance programs, tax credits, housing and utility assistance. Catholic…Learn More
Separating Fact from Fiction with Immigration Rights
April 22, 2015Advocates with Seedco, a nonprofit that helps to educate low-income residents about the government benefits available to them, say immigrant clients often fall prey to such rumors. The New York-based nonprofit, which has locations in Maryland, Tennessee and Georgia, helps link residents with around 20 different kinds of benefits through a program called EarnBenefitsOnline ….Learn More
Colton Joins Seedco as Senior VP
March 30, 2015Seedco has announced that Tara Colton, former Associate Vice President for Program Development and Planning at FEGS Health & Human Services, has joined as Senior Vice President of Programs. She will bring more than 15 years of experience in both the public and nonprofit sectors, and works closely with Seedco’s leadership team to develop the…Learn More
Non-profits Offer Drug Discount Card to Uninsured
March 16, 2015“There are a lot of people who have to choose, ‘Do I buy food, electricity or medicine?’” said Lisa Stein, Vice President of Work and Family Supports for Seedco in New York. Seedco and NeedyMeds started out with 2,000 cards to distribute and will be able to give people PDF copies or printouts in lieu…Learn More