Pueblo Stepup

Programs: A. Market based organization mission and vision pueblo stepup is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization in pueblo whose mission is to positively impact the health, well-being and access to health care for pueblo's under served. We provide access to health and wellness services for at-risk members of our community, including the low-income, uninsured or under insured populations of pueblo. Pueblo stepup enrolls adult seniors and children in all medicaid programs. Pueblo stepup enrolls eligible children into child health plan plus and medicaid. Pueblo stepup also processes child health plan plus (chp+) and medicaid applications for partners located across the state of colorado. B. Community benefit approach pueblo stepup's approach to providing community benefit focuses on connecting people to available medical, wellness and prevention resources. Pueblo county is a blue collar community with a high rate of poverty, large senior population and high teenage pregnancy rates. Our population has a high incidence of obesity, diabetes, asthma and heart disease. Our target population is pueblo county's medically underserved of all ages. Pueblo stepup collaborates with st. Mary-corwin medical center, parkview medical center, pueblo city school district 60, pueblo county school district 70, pueblo area agency on aging, pueblo community health center, southern colorado family medicine, catholic charities, senior resource development agency, aarp, pueblo department of social services, pueblo city/county health department and many other nonprofits and physician and dental offices across colorado. C. Financial assistance policies and programs pueblo stepup educates the public regarding government and other programs for low-income persons. Children's programs for pueblo county low-income children: pueblo stepup provided individualized case management for parents of children who are enrolled in children's medicaid (epsdt). Pueblo stepup employs four children's medicaid case workers. Case workers provide education to clients on accessing providers, health care and other factors that can impact children's health. Pueblo stepup enrolls individuals into various colorado medicaid programs and we are the only service in pueblo that provides assistance to all the above services, regardless of choice of provider. Most of pueblo stepup's programs focus on the needs of low-income adults, seniors, and children.