May 6, 2013
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Program Result Report
The Covering Kids & Families program was designed to find, enroll and retain eligible children and adults in federal and state health care coverage programs. Statewide and local coalitions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia participated.
June 4, 2006
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Program Result Report
Tyjhe Hargrove, who was 5 years old when his mother joined Affinity Health Plan, has suffered from asthma since he was a baby. He has trouble breathing when the weather is especially cold or especially hot or the air is full of pollen.
December 1, 2011
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Program Result Report
Community Oriented Correctional Health Services expanded its juvenile offender program to an additional site and negotiated for a third. The program connects juvenile offenders with health services during and after detention.
January 26, 2011
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Program Result Report
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Emergency Department Consistent Care Program was established under the Foundation's Access Initiative, which awarded grants to 18 sites participating in the Covering Kids & Families national program.
March 2, 2010
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Program Result Report
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 Report
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 Report
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.
November 18, 2009
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Program Result Report
Caleb Mahan was 6 years old when he had his first asthma attack. It came without warning and was severe.
November 18, 2009
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Program Result Report
Fransheska and younger sister, Yolamar, members of an immigrant Puerto Rican family living in Rochester, N.Y., have had asthma since early childhood.
October 1, 2009
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Program Result Report
A group of leaders in public health, healthcare, research, government, and community advocacy and programming launched the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children.
