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.
October 17, 2008
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Program Result
The Foundation for the Mid South engaged stakeholders in a planning process to launch the Mid South Health Initiative, designed to identify strategies that would improve the health of people in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
January 31, 2004
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Program Result
The Gift of Life Foundation worked to remove barriers to care for infants born to low-income mothers in Montgomery's four-county region and to help prevent babies from "falling through the cracks" of the health care system there.
October 1, 2004
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Program Result
Faculty in the Department of Nursing at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Ala., trained cosmetologists and others to deliver community-based health education and screening services.
January 17, 2007
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Program Result
The school-based HEALS dental clinic in Huntsville, Ala., expanded dental services to five days a week (except when schools were closed).
February 5, 2007
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Program Result
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.