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Since 1997, RWJF has invested nearly $150 million on the Covering Kids Initiative (CKI) and Covering Kids & Families (CKF), making it one of the Foundation's largest projects. CKI aimed to increase enrollment of eligible children into public health insurance programs. CKF expanded this effort to include low-income adults.
Since August 2002, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. and its partners the Urban Institute and Health Management Associates have undertaken an evaluation to determine the impact of the Foundation's investment as well as to study factors that may have contributed to, or impaired, CKF's efforts. The evaluation continued through April 2008.
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Follow-Up Evaluation of the Covering Kids & Families Access Initiative
By:
Needleman C
Publication date:
March 17, 2008
Summary:
Covering Kids & Families Access Initiative (CKF-AI) was developed in 2003 to learn more about the variety of access barriers that can prevent meaningful use of insurance coverage even after children and families are formally enrolled. This first phase...
Partial-Year Insurance Coverage and the Health Care Utilization of Children
By:
Leininger LJ
Publication date:
February 2009
Summary:
This article examined the relationship between health care utilization and the status of children's health insurance over the course of one year. While considerable research addresses the effect of insurance status on children's health care, less is known about...
Reauthorizing SCHIP: A Summary of Selected Issues
Publication date:
January 22, 2009
Summary:
This document provides a brief overview of some of the policy and programmatic issues that were addressed in legislation to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program during the summer and fall of 2007.
Seven Steps Toward State Success in Covering Children Continuously
By:
Ukaegbu U and Schwartz S
Publication date:
October 2006
Summary:
In March 2006, the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) convened a small invitational symposium on child health coverage, Continuously Covering all Kids: State Action and Ideas for the Future. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the...
Concerns About Parents Dropping Employer Coverage to Enroll in SCHIP Overlook Issues of Affordability
By:
Zuckerman S, Perry C and The Urban Institute
Publication date:
October 02, 2007
Summary:
The analysis from the Urban Institute documents that low-income families have difficulty affording employer-sponsored insurance when measured on CMS' affordability scale and that by limiting premiums and other out-of-pocket spending, Medicaid and SCHIP make health care...
Coverage Patterns Among SCHIP-Eligible Children and Their Parents
Publication date:
February 2007
Summary:
The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)—slated for reauthorization in 2007—has expanded health insurance coverage to low-income children since its enactment 10 years ago. At stake is the level of federal funding that will be available to...
The Role of SCHIP and Medicaid As an Insurance Safety Net
Publication date:
Aug 17, 2006
Summary:
This data brief explores how well Medicaid and SCHIP actually protected health insurance coverage for low-income children in comparison to low-income adults.
Surgeon General Joins D.C. Mayor, Soccer Stars and Gospel and Salsa Celebrities for Covering Kids & Families Kickoff
Publication date:
July 29, 2005
Summary:
An August 2 media briefing will feature new research providing a state-by-state look at gaps in care experienced by kids without health coverage.
Evaluations
As defined by the American Evaluation Association, evaluation involves assessing the strengths and weaknesses of programs, policies, personnel, products and organizations to improve their effectiveness. RWJF evaluates programs, major initiatives, policies and, at times, products.
Evaluation projects
Independent studies of RWJF programs and projects to assess implementation, outcomes or both.