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Covering Kids & Families
May 6, 2013 | Program Results 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.
Income Eligibility Thresholds, Premium Contributions, and Children's Coverage Outcomes
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
A CHIP expansion simulation finds sensitivity to higher contributions for higher income families.
Indiana - Building Bridges Between Programs to Enroll Eligible Children and Families
March 2, 2010 | Program Results 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.
Enrolling Eligible People in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program
January 1, 2009 | Book
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has made substantial investments in a variety of programs to make families aware that their children might be eligible for SCHIP or Medicaid benefits and to address the practical obstacles to enrollment and renewal. In this chapter of the Anthology, the journalist Irene Wielawski, examines the major Foundation-funded programs with this focus.
Urban Institute Studies How State and Federal Policy Changes Impact Health and Welfare of Families and Children
November 30, 2007 | Program Results Report
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.
CKF Coalitions Propel Policy and Procedural Changes
November 1, 2007 | Issue Brief
This brief examines the impact of Covering Kids & Families (CKF). The authors summarize the ways that CKF coalitions were built, the changes they supported, and the sustainability of those changes after the grant period.
New Hampshire Boosts Health Insurance for Children
October 28, 2002 | Program Results Report
The New Hampshire Healthy Kids Corporation worked with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services to implement the state's State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Illinois Covering Kids & Families (TM)
January 1, 2008 | Evaluation/Report
This report assesses the impact of the Covering Kids & Families (CKF) program in Illinois from 1999 through 2005.
Sustaining the Effects of Covering Kids & Families® on Policy Change
January 1, 2008 | Evaluation
This report is part of the evaluation of Covering Kids & Families® (CKF). CKF had two goals: to reduce the number of uninsured children and adults eligible for health coverage, and to sustain those reductions after CKF ended.
Missouri Covering Kids & Families (TM)
August 1, 2007 | Evaluation/Report
This report assesses the effectiveness of the Covering Kids & Families (CKF) program in Missouri from 1999 through 2005.