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November 9, 2011 | News Release
Study shows statewide rates for overweight and obesity among school-age children may be leveling off, but progress is uneven across counties.
June 1, 2000 | Program Result
Starting in April 1996, the State of South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, sought to pilot a project in which a private contractor would develop and manage organized systems of care for child protection through in-home intervention, foster care and adoption under a comprehensive blended rate payment system.
November 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
This issue brief reviews findings on the sustainability of the 45 state Covering Kids & Families (CKF) grantees, drawing primarily from an online survey of state CKF project directors and coalition leaders conducted from April to November 2007.
October 1, 2006 | Issue Brief
Recommended Reading CHIP Research and Analysis Reauthorizing SCHIP: A Summary of Selected Issues SCHIP Children: How Long Do They Stay and Where Do They Go? Prospects for Reducing Uninsured Rates among Children High Costs, Low Incomes and SCHIP R ...
National Program
To increase the number of eligible children and adults who benefit from federal and state health care coverage programs.
August 30, 2010 | Program Result
RWJF provided four grants to enable the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices to enlist governors in tackling the childhood obesity epidemic and encourage state innovation in policies and programs.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
A CHIP expansion simulation finds sensitivity to higher contributions for higher income families.
December 9, 2009 | Report
Report authors encouraged states to adopt specific regulations for child care, using those developed by a team of experts and included in the report as a guide.
September 18, 2009 | Program Result
Mathematica study of SCHIP shows that state policies determine how long children receive SCHIP coverage and that children who leave SCHIP remain uninsured for many months.
July 6, 2011 | Story
Sara E. Benjamin Neelon, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., studied state regulations related to healthy eating and physical activity for child-care facilities and ways to improve them under a grant from Healthy Eating Research.