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Community Ideas of Improving Access

VERMONT, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA,
WISCONSIN, WYOMING

Vermont

Kimball House Outreach
Outreach through the use of medical students and volunteers to assist with enrollment and subsequent appointments
Target Population: Students of Rivendell Interstate School District

Contact: James Hughes, MD, MPH, FAAP
94 Passumpsic Point
West Fairlee, VT 05045-9662


Virginia

Arlington Pediatric Center
Community outreach through county fairs, community centers, churches, and human services agencies, and materials development to promote benefits of insurance and de-stigmatize SCHIP enrollment
Target Population: Children of families with low income of Arlington County, VA

Contact: Susan DeMuth, MD, FAAP
Arlington Pediatric Center
3045-A Columbia Pike
Arlington, VA 22204

Children's Medical Security Insurance Plan (CMSIP) Outreach
Dental clinic outreach though the provision of an on-site outreach worker at a dental clinic
Target Population: Children ages 0 to 6 years of families with low income

Contact: Tom Adams
Carilion Health System
2017 Jefferson St S
Roanoke, VA 24014


Medical Community Outreach Project
Medical community outreach through health professionals education about SCHIP and placement of materials in offices and facilities. Establishes systems at local community care settings using medical students as volunteer outreach workers.
Target Population: Children of families with low income

Contact: Beth Bortz
Medical Society of Virginia Foundation
4205 Dover Rd
Richmond, VA 23221-3267


Newport News Healthy Families Initiative
Record-based risk screening through health care providers or hospitals of prenatal or early infancy patients for outreach, enrollment assistance, and preventive care education
Target Population: Expectant or first-time parents

Contact: Deena Obrokta, DO, FAAP
12695 McMannus Blvd, Bldg #2
Newport News, VA 23602


Outreach to Hispanic Families-Bridging the Gap From Children's Medical Security Insurance Plan (CMSIP) to Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS)
Placement of a case worker to screen existing Medicaid and SCHIP enrollees and provide education in the transition to revised SCHIP program. Enrollment assistance also provided.
Target Population: Hispanic population in targeted areas of Virginia

Contact: Jill Ryland, MD, FAAP
Pratt Pediatrics
7117 Salem Field Blvd
Fredericksburg, VA 22408


South Norfolk Pediatric Center of Chesapeake Case Management (Chesapeake Health Investment Program)
Placement of a case manager in a pediatric practice for SCHIP application assistance, home visiting, parent education, and referrals
Target Population: Families that are uninsured and with low income of South Norfolk borough of Chesapeake, VA

Contact: Ogu Emejuru, MD, FAAP
2040 Battlefield Blvd, N
Chesapeake, VA 23324


Stafford County Schools Head Start/Stafford Department of Social Service Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Outreach Project
Head Start case management of SCHIP outreach and enrollment process, as well as education of local pediatricians
Target Population: Head Start students in Stafford, VA

Contact: Krishnan Kumar, MD, FAAP
237 Garrisonville Rd, #102
Stafford, VA 22554


Washington

Creating Greater Clinic Involvement in Signing Up Children for Medical Insurance
Coalition of clinics, health department, and local hospital convened to develop SCHIP outreach materials specific to the clinics, provide training for clinic staff on SCHIP information, and enroll children into SCHIP by coalition members through standardized process
Target Population: Uninsured children of Cowlitz County, WA

Contact: Phyllis Cavens, MD, FAAP
Child & Adolescent Clinic
971 11th Ave
Longview, WA 98632


Crisis Nursery, Respite Care, Outreach
Use of statewide crisis nursery respite program to provide outreach and enrollment in SCHIP to families being served by the nurseries
Target Population: Families using statewide crisis nurseries

Contact: Kyle Yasuda, MD, FAAP
7756 58th NE
Seattle, WA 98115


Early Childhood Education Outreach for Low-Income Native American and Latino Families
Outreach, application assistance, and staff training at Head Start program
Target Population: Native Americans and Hispanics

Contact: Melanie Ito, MD, FAAP
Public Health-Seattle and King County
Columbia Health Center
4400 37th Ave S
Seattle, WA 98118


Health Insurance Protection for People Organization (HIPPO)
School outreach and enrollment and pediatrician education about effects of uninsured
Target Population: Rural Whatcam County, WA

Contact: Kenneth Gass, MD, FAAP
Madrona Medical Group PS
4545 Cordata Pkwy
Bellingham, WA 98226


Nooksack Valley School District
School/pediatrician tribal collaboration providing health insurance status screening, development of strategies for improved access, SCHIP outreach through child find activities, and education of health care providers about access barriers
Target Population: Native Americans and Hispanics

Contact: Mary Ellen Shields, MD, FAAP
1801 C St
Bellingham, WA 98225


West Virginia - none


Wisconsin
- none


Wyoming
- none

This program is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB).





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