It was a different time. Back in 2000, 10% of Tarrant County kids were on Medicaid. By the end of 2010, it was 26%. The data come from KIDS COUNT, an annual report on the well-being of children at the state and local levels from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. (By the way, these percentages [...]
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Is this enrollment level the New Normal for children’s Medicaid and CHIP in Texas?
Posted in Children's health, Children's health insurance program, tagged children's health insurance program, children's Medicaid, CHIP, KIDS COUNT, Tarrant County uninsured, Texas Medicaid, uninsured workers on April 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Our employer outreach kit gets national attention for connecting kids to coverage
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children's health insurance program, children's Medicaid, Employer health insurance, Fort Worth CHIP, Texas uninsured, uninsured children Texas, uninsured workers on January 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I got a nice note this week from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, thanking us for stepping up to the Connecting Kids to Coverage Challenge ! The employer outreach kit that our coalition developed with Leadership Fort Worth and Global Prairie is now one of the examples being cited by the federal government as a way to [...]
Leadership Fort Worth kicks off employer outreach campaign to cover uninsured children
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children's Medicaid, Fort Worth CHIP, Tarrant County CHIP, Tarrant County uninsured, Texas uninsured, uninsured children Texas, uninsured workers on May 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week was the culmination of about six months’ work by a small, but dedicated group of young leaders in Leadership Fort Worth to reduce the number of uninsured children in our community. Each year, Leadership Fort Worth selects a handful of community service projects, and this year the Tarrant County CHIP Coalition was privileged to be [...]
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