March 25, 2013
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Program Result
Researchers at the Hilltop Institute evaluated the implementation of Maryland’s tax-based outreach initiative, the Kids First Act, and how well the state achieved its goal of identifying and enrolling uninsured children eligible for Medicaid or CHIP.
October 18, 2010
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Program Result
The Urban Institute researched policy options and produced a policy paper to help states implement "automated enrollment," a strategy designed to ensure that eligible children enroll in publicly supported health insurance programs.
June 4, 2006
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Program Result
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.
November 1, 2006
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Program Result
From 2002 to 2004, the San Bernardino County Human Services System sought to increase the number of individuals and families receiving Medicaid by 15 percent and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits.
November 1, 2006
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Program Result
Although many people leaving welfare under the 1996 federal welfare reform legislation retained eligibility for such programs, studies suggested that from one-half to two-thirds were losing these benefits.
March 28, 2005
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Program Result
Louisiana's Office of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Program served as the lead agency of a statewide coalition to increase the number of eligible children in the state enrolled in government-funded health insurance programs.
September 28, 2007
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Program Result
The State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) prepared a report, Going Without: America's Uninsured Children, analyzing how many children had health insurance coverage.
May 6, 2013
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Program Result
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.
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
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.
