Gateway Community Action Partnership’s Head Start and Early Head programs, in conjunction with Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. and in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Administration for Children and Families, will hold an affordable health insurance signup event on Saturday, January 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mayor Usry Head Start Center, 1010 Drexel Ave., Atlantic City.

  The event is free and open to the public and provides the opportunity to sign up for the Affordable Care Act (ACA).To sign up, participants must bring the following items for all members of their households: proof of citizenship/residency, proof of income, social security number, proof of address, photo ID and log-in information (user name, password and e-mail address) if you have enrolled or began the (ACA) enrollment process.

  In addition to Gateway and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity’s Upsilon Alpha Chapter, community partners for the events include: Region II Head Start, the Administration for Children & Families, and Health Insurance Marketplace.

  “At the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Administration for Children and Families (HHS/ACF), we are thrilled to continue our collaboration with the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., Gateway Community Action Partnership and the Region II Head Start Association to help New Jersey residents get health insurance coverage prior to the January 31 deadline.  “Our partners have a long and proud history of service to the community and I am happy that ACF is again working with them to meet the need for health insurance coverage in New Jersey,” Joyce Thomas, Regional Administrator, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Region II, said.  ACF is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

  "The Brothers of Upsilon Alpha Chapter Charter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., founded in 1939, have been of service for more than 75 years in the Greater Atlantic City Area.  As we continue to uplift our community, we are delighted to partner with other organizations in order to provide the opportunity for affordable healthcare enrollment at this event for all those in need. This partnership event is in alignment with our Fraternity'’s National Health Initiative, which encourages good healthy practices,” Basileus Roy Wesley J., said.”

  “As a community action agency, we are about enlisting community partners in action to benefit our community,” Albert B. Kelly, CCAP, Gateway President & CEO, said. “This health insurance signup event is an example of our focus and mission in action.”

  For additional information on the Atlantic City event, contact Kelli Best at kbest@gatewaycap.org.