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Supporting Families After Welfare Reform: Access to Medicaid, SCHIP and Food Stamps

National Program

Program to help states and large counties solve problems in eligibility processes that make it difficult for low-income families to access and retain Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or Food Stamps.

Measuring the Contributions of Nurses to High-Value Health Care

May 18, 2011 | Program Result Report

Creating a set of measures that would make the connection between what nurses do and the quality of care patients receive and studying their implementation in hospitals.

Ten States Test Strategy for Evaluating Self-Management of Services by Elderly

June 22, 2004 | Program Result Report

The National Association of State Units on Aging designed and tested a tool and process that allow states the opportunity to evaluate the extent to which they offer consumers opportunities to make choices and direct their own health care and support services.

New Englanders May Breathe Easier Thanks to Asthma Coalition

August 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

From 2002 to 2003, staff from the New England Asthma Regional Council developed both new programming and a fundraising plan to address environmental causes of asthma.

Divisive Debate Drives Maine to Improve End-of-Life Care

October 14, 2004 | Program Result Report

The Maine Consortium for Palliative Care and Hospice worked with a range of groups to help provide reliable information that could help craft new legislation to improve end-of-life care in Maine.

Boston PBS Affiliate Produces "Failure to Protect"

December 1, 2004 | Program Result Report

In January and February 2003, WGBH Educational Foundation aired a three-part Frontline series called "Failure to Protect," which addresses problems with the child welfare system in America.

Maine Seeks to Provide Rural Health Care Services Despite Rough Weather and Terrain

March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

In 1993 and 1994, Maine developed a five-part strategy to improve the distribution of primary care providers in underserved areas.

Turning Point: Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health

May 13, 2008 | Program Result Report

Turning Point: Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health defined its mission as to "transform and strengthen the public health system in the United States to make the system more effective, more community-based and more collaborative."

National RWJF SmokeLess States Program Helps Maine Increase Cigarette Taxes and Implement Tobacco-Control Efforts

July 31, 2008 | Program Result Report

From mid-2001 through 2004, the Maine Coalition on Smoking or Health, with Consumers for Affordable Health Care Foundation as the lead organization, conducted statewide activities to reduce tobacco use, particularly among children and youth.

Supporting Families After Welfare Reform: Access to Medicaid, CHIP and Food Stamps

February 5, 2007 | Program Result Report

RWJF designed Supporting Families After Welfare Reform: Access to Medicaid, SCHIP and Food Stamps to remove administrative obstacles that prevent low-income families from securing health and Food Stamp benefits.

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