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Download full textNagle, Ami; Havill, Andrea – 1998
Children who lack health insurance do not have access to preventive care, placing them at greater risk of serious illness. This special report of the Voices for Illinois Children describes federal and state efforts to address the problem of uninsured children and issues that will need to be monitored as Illinois begins to help children access…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Health Insurance, Program Descriptions
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, Little Rock. – 2000
This Kids Count special report examines the relationship between poverty status and the number of children in Arkansas lacking health insurance. The report also presents information on two programs providing health care to Arkansas children whose parents lack insurance coverage, Medicaid and ARKids First. The report describes how these two…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Children, Federal Programs
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
Edmunds, Margo; Teitelbaum, Martha; Gleason, Cassy – 2000
The State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) was designed in 1997 to support working families by providing affordable, quality health coverage for their children in an efficient, effective, and coordinated way. This report examines the progress made in implementing CHIP nationwide. Information sources included the following: (1) federal…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Comparative Analysis, Health Insurance
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
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
Peer reviewedBehrman, Richard E., Ed. – Future of Children, 2003
This issue of "The Future of Children" focuses on efforts to provide publicly funded health insurance to low-income children in the United States through Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The articles summarize current knowledge and research about which children are uninsured and why, discuss ways to…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Adolescents, Child Health, Childhood Needs
