The "Story Behind the Curve" helps us understand the causes and forces at that work that explain the data behind the number events where health insurance information is shared and the resources the agency plans to commit to address the health issue.

What's Helping What We Do? These are the positive forces at work that influence how much we do or how well we do it.

• MATCH partnership telling us of events they are holding
• Community partners inviting us to events 
• Information is shared in multiple languages

 What's Hurting What We Do? These are the negative forces at work that influence how much we do or how well we do it.

• Lack of staff avalibility 

2022 Progress Update:

• The program was set to being in 2022 of October, but due to holidays there were no events we attedned where information on health insurance was shared. Data will be collected in 2023 at events in McDowell County. 

The following actions have been identified by our agency as ideas for what can work for this performance measure to make a difference on lack of health insurance.

Actions and Approaches Identified by Our Agency These are actions and approaches that we think can make a difference for this performance measure.

• Keep track on social media on all events in the county to make sure we are there with health insurance information. 

No-cost and Low-cost Ideas Identified by Our Agency These are no-cost and low-cost actions and approaches that we think can make a difference for this performance measure.

• Have employees alert of any community activites they are aware of. 

What communities served/customers think would work to do better These are actions and approaches that our communities served/customers think can make a difference for this performance measure.

• Attend events in populations with low insurance rates. 

List of Questions/Research Agenda These are questions to follow-up on for this performance measure. If you still need more information about what works to do better, make these questions part of your information & research agenda.

• Where were most of the events notified from?