1. Health Resources
Connecting With Personal Health

2. Workshop Presenters
• Audrey Regan, Columbus Public Health
• Krystial Quick, Lorain County Leadership
• Shannon Allen, Ohio Medicaid
• Roberta Schwamberger, Ohio Medicaid

3. Show what you know…
• What is preventative care?
• How often should I go to the dentist?
• Why should I have a primary care
physician?
• Why do I need to have medical
insurance?
• What can I do if I have to go to the
emergency room, and I have no medical
insurance?

4. Free / Low-Cost Health Resources
• Ohio Health Department
• Ohio Association of Free Clinics
• Project LOVE
• Adult Immunization Coalition of Central
Ohio
• Everyone’s RX, Needy Meds and
Prescription Hope

5. Do you think this is true?

7. A process… a journey…

8. Did you know?
• Foster care youth who "age out" of foster
care in Ohio are eligible for Medicaid
until their 21st birthdays.
• After being initially signed up for
Medicaid at age 18, former foster youth
must stay in touch with Medicaid, so that
they don't lose services at age 19 or 20.
• If your local Medicaid office is not aware
of this provision, please contact the
Medicaid Hotline: 1-800-324-8680

9. What does the future hold?
• The Affordable Healthcare Act expanded
medical coverage to young people under
their parents’ coverage until age 26.
• In January 2014, a provision of the
Affordable Care Act will enable young
adults served by the foster care system
to continue their Medicaid benefits
through age 26.
• How exactly will that work?