Help with the Affordable Care Act

Individuals who need help understanding and registering for President Obama’s signature health care law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), can talk to one of the Proviso Township Mental Health Commission’s trained “assisters” at a communitywide social service fair in Oak Park on October 19, 2013.    

“For some people, a face-to-face meeting is better than the internet,” said Proviso Township Mental Health Commission Executive Director Jesse D. Rosas.  “This gives them that opportunity.”

This is one of several community events to help people with the new healthcare law that the PTMHC will participate in.

The Community Resource Fair, sponsored by Oak Park Elementary School District 97 and the Community Mental Health Board of Oak Park Township, will be held on October 19, at the Percy Julian Middle School Commons, 416 S. Ridgeland Ave., Oak Park, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

PTMHC staffers will be on hand to explain the ACA:  What it is, what it does, and how to sign up.  No enrollment will be done at the Oak Park event, but appointments will be scheduled and PTMHC staffers will return to Oak Park and surrounding communities to conduct enrollment.

The resource fair will feature 40 local agencies.  Residents can learn about resources are available for mental health, developmental disabilities and substance abuse.