With a MNsure navigator

Call or email a MNsure navigator to get started. MNsure navigators are trained experts who help with health insurance applications and are specifically trained to help former foster care youth complete the application process efficiently and accurately the first time. Their services are free and available by phone or in person.

Online

Create an account if you don’t already have one. Once you sign in, select the Apply button under Apply for Health Coverage WITH Financial Help on the home screen. Complete the online application.

After submitting your application, contact a health care worker at the county or Tribe where you live. Tell them you’ve submitted an online application for Medical Assistance, and you want to make sure they know you were in foster care in Minnesota or another state.

If you need assistance creating or signing into your account, call MNsure at 651-539-2099 (855-366-7873 outside the Twin Cities).

Mail, fax or in person

Fill out the Application for Health Coverage and Help Paying Costs. If you were in foster care and enrolled in Medical Assistance or Medicaid in any state, United States territory, or the District of Columbia at age 18 or older, answer “Yes” in Step 4, question 7. Then write your name, and the state where you were in foster care on the day your foster care ended at age 18 or older. If you have questions, you can contact a health care worker at the county or Tribe's health care office where you currently live.