March 2, 2010
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Program Result
One of the Covering Kids & Families strategies was to help grantees improve and simplify the administrative processes for determining eligibility, enrolling eligible children and families in Medicaid or CHIP and retaining them in coverage.
March 2, 2010
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Program Result
Indiana Covering Kids & Families set as one of its early goals to stimulate conversation and collaboration between two agencies: one administering the school lunch program and the other eligibility for CHIP and other public health insurance.
March 2, 2010
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Program Result
In 2003, some 374,000 Florida children were potentially eligible for KidCare, the state's Children’s Health Insurance Program, but were not enrolled. The Covering Kids & Families statewide coalition faced an array of obstacles to closing the gap.
January 13, 2010
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Program Result
RWJF and the CDC sponsor the development of a model voluntary national accreditation program for state, local, territorial and tribal public health departments could use to advance quality and performance.
November 18, 2009
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Program Result
In the late 1990s, more than twice as many people were dying from diabetes in Wythe County, part of Appalachian Virginia, as in the rest of the state.
November 18, 2009
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Program Result
Kristin Schultz, the assistant director of a local public health department in rural Minnesota, was tired of always trying to do more with less and overwhelmed by the challenges of working in public health.
November 18, 2009
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Program Result
After partnering with continuing education staff at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany School of Public Health, they identified one solution: satellite broadcasts.
November 18, 2009
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Program Result
In the 1990s, Oklahoma had one of the best public health infrastructures in the nation, with public health departments in 69 of its 77 counties.
November 18, 2009
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Program Result
To prevent disease and promote health among its 18.1 million residents, New York state needed a large and skilled public health workforce.
November 18, 2009
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Program Result
When Turning Point started, local public health departments in Missouri varied in the level of services they provided and how well they performed the core functions and essential services of public health.
