May 6, 2013
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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.
January 26, 2011
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Program Result
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
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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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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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
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
Fransheska and younger sister, Yolamar, members of an immigrant Puerto Rican family living in Rochester, N.Y., have had asthma since early childhood.
July 11, 2008
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Program Result
From 1997 to 2000, researchers affiliated with the Maternal & Child Health Policy Research Center studied the role of insurance in determining children's access to primary care.
November 1, 2007
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Program Result
State Action for Oral Health Access supported six state-based demonstration projects that tested innovative and comprehensive ways to increase access to oral health services for low income and minority populations.
November 1, 2007
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Program Result
Assessing the New Federalism is an Urban Institute project that tracks the impact of state and federal policy changes on the health and social welfare of families and children, and the structure of health and social welfare programs.
