Roughly 35,000 people across Allen County could see their Healthy Indiana Plan coverage lapse as new state eligibility rules take effect this fall. The St. Joseph Community Health Foundation is sharing this information so local families understand what is changing and where to turn for help.

Indiana’s Family and Social Services Administration now requires most adults on the Healthy Indiana Plan to log at least 80 hours a month in work, schooling, or volunteer activity, along with more frequent eligibility checks. The changes arrive in stages: stricter immigration verification begins in October, six-month federal eligibility reviews start in December, with a lookback to October 1, and the work requirement takes effect in January for enrollees ages 19 to 64.

To help residents through these changes, the Foundation has provided grant funding to a newly formed Medicaid Awareness Task Force, a coalition of local social service and health organizations working to keep eligible residents informed and enrolled. The task force’s central resource is allencountymedicaid.com, a one-stop site built to answer residents’ questions about applying for the Healthy Indiana Plan, understanding the new requirements, and staying enrolled. The site also connects residents to trained navigators who can walk them through the process step by step.

This support reflects the reason the Foundation exists. Generations ago, the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ crossed an ocean to answer the needs of a community with nowhere else to turn. This same abiding commitment to the most vulnerable among us endures in the Foundation’s work today, safeguarding the health of Allen County’s vulnerable residents against the quiet threat of paperwork and missed deadlines.

Whatever questions a resident has about the Healthy Indiana Plan, whether about eligibility, deadlines, or how to recertify, allencountymedicaid.com is the place to start.