s were somewhat less extensive than navigateors. primarily they were not required to do outreach and public education, though many of these programs did. federally qualified health centers played a really important role in helping consumers sign up for coverage. most of these participated as c.a.c.'s, though some functioned as navigateors or i.p.a.'s. and then finally, there were two organizations that contracted with c.m.s. to provide supplemental enrollment assistance in select communities in federally facilitated marketplace states and in partnership states through the federal enrollment assistance program and as mentioned, through our survey of programs, we estimate there were about 4,400 assistor programs that were established and participated in the first year of helping people sign up for coverage. i should also note that agents and brokers played an important role in helping consumers apply for coverage and enroll in plans. they were not included in our survey, so i can't document their role but i will talk about in a minute