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Download full textPhiladelphia Citizens for Children and Youth, PA. – 2001
This report examines some of the ways a sample of Pennsylvania health care providers participating in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) strive to ensure that the children they serve make use of preventive health care. The report also identifies how managed care organizations or benefits administrators contracting with the…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Health Insurance, Low Income Groups
Children's Defense Fund-Ohio, Columbus. – 2002
The Healthy Start and Healthy Families programs offer children up to age 19, parents, and pregnant women in Ohio the health services families need, including doctor's visits, prescriptions, hospitalization, immunizations, prenatal care, eyeglasses, dental care, and mental health care. This tool kit was designed to help practitioners in programs…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Eligibility, Enrollment
Martella, Jana – 2001
Since its creation in 1997, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) has provided low-income children the access to health care they desperately need. Recognizing the important role health insurance plays in assuring that children come to school healthy and ready to learn, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSCO) gathered…
Descriptors: Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Child Health, Children
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2000
Health problems impede the academic performance of 12 percent of students. Schools are in a unique position to help their state's Medicaid and children's health insurance programs connect with parents who lack health insurance for their children. This booklet provides suggestions to help school staff identify, inform, and help to enroll families…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Advocacy, Child Health, Children
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2000
Health problems impede the academic performance of many children. Schools are in a unique position to help their state's Medicaid and children's health insurance programs connect with parents who lack health insurance for their children. This guide provides suggestions for identifying eligible children, informing parents of free or low-cost…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Child Health, Children
Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC. – 2000
This instructional school-based outreach guide is designed to help state Medicaid and state Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) agencies to initiate and sustain school-based outreach targeted to children potentially eligible for enrollment in Medicaid and SCHIP programs. Based on a review of state best practices undertaken by the U.S.…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Agency Cooperation, Child Health, Children
Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC. – 2000
At the request of U.S. President Clinton, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Secretaries of Agriculture and of Education, examined the issue and developed specific recommendations to encourage and integrate outreach and enrollment for Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) within…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Health, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
