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Enriching Partnerships for Early Learning Launches "The Basics Greater Elgin"
It has been two weeks since the launch of The Basics Greater Elgin. Over 200 community members have signed up to commit to building strong foundations for our youngest children.
The Basics Greater Elgin's goal is for every baby born in the Greater Elgin area to thrive and enter kindergarten ready for success in school and life. One of their key strategies is to support parents and caregivers of children 0-5, providing them with simple yet powerful principles to optimize their child’s growth and development.

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The COVID-19 pandemic brought several unprecedented challenges, including the need to provide continuous healthcare coverage to Medicaid patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) responded to this challenge by automatically re-enrolling individuals with Medicaid insurance. However, with the coming end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, all Illinois Medicaid and Medicaid Managed Care patients will have to regularly re-enroll to continue to receive Medicaid health insurance coverage.

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Help to Literally Change Someone's Life

The Literacy Connection, an organization dedicated to adult literacy, is currently seeking local volunteers to tutor adults in Basic Reading or English as a Second Language. To learn more, attend a free one-hour orientation delivered synchronously over Zoom followed by tutor training. The tutor training is instructor-led remotely, with both online and out-of-classroom assignments and fulfills the 12-hour requirement to become a Literacy Tutor.

To register or for more information, call 847-742-6565, visit our website at elginliteracy.org to complete a Volunteer Interest Form, or email info@elginliteracy.org.