| AZ—KidsCare
Reach Out, Tucson, AZ: $10,000 |
| Collaborative
Partners |
Service
Area |
Program
Objectives |
El Rio Health Center will partner
with Pima County Access Program, including all community-based
clinics in Pima County, five hospitals in the county, and the
Pima County Medical Society and University Physicians, Inc.;
AAP Arizona Chapter; Pima County and Maricopa County Pediatric
Societies
|
Pima County with hub in Tucson;
outreach to SCHIP eligible in private pediatricians’ offices
|
Expand awareness and knowledge
of eligibility for KidsCare in private pediatricians; assist
potentially eligible persons in private pediatrician’s
office to apply for KidsCare
|
|
| CO—Denver
Covering Kids, Denver, CO: $10,000 |
| Collaborative
Partners |
Service
Area |
Program
Objectives |
Denver Covering Kids; Denver
Public Schools; Blockbuster and local movie theatres; Fenix
project at Mi Casa; Child Health Plan Plus; Colorado Covering
Kids
|
Uninsured adolescents in Denver
County through Denver Public Schools
|
Increase SCHIP enrollment of
Denver County adolescents by 500; establish advisory committee
and lead focus groups to develop appropriate marketing messages;
conduct parent informational seminars; develop marketing material
and coordinate peer-to-peer referral program
|
|
| FL—Haitian-American
SCHIP Access Program,Miami, FL: $10,000 |
| Collaborative
Partners |
Service
Area |
Program
Objectives |
University of Miami Pediatric
Mobile Clinic will partner with Jackson Memorial Hospital Nursery;
Toussaint L’Ouverture Elementary School; Jefferson Reaves;
Cecile Day Care Center
|
Miami Dade County; uninsured
Haitian-American children living at or below 200% of the Federal
Poverty Level
|
Identify uninsured Haitian-American
infants/children who qualify for KidCare; identify barriers
to enrollment for qualifying Haitian-American children; facilitate
enrollment process into KidCare; provide healthcare service
for non-qualifying
|
|
| FL—REACH
OUT, St. Petersburg, FL: $10,000 |
| Collaborative
Partners |
Service
Area |
Program
Objectives |
Lawton Chiles Children and
Family (LCCF) Health Care Center will collaborate with Manatee
KidCare Coalition; Whole Child Project; health Department,
Childrens Services; Glen’s Corp; Girls/Boys club; Lamaz
Class
|
Manatee County; uninsured children
seen at the LCCF, including large population of migrant workers
|
Provide outreach to enroll
uninsured children into SCHIP; establish contact with at least
90% of uninsured families; decrease by 50% the number of uninsured
at LCCF health center
|
|
| IL—Children’s
ER-based KidCare and Medical Home Initiative, Chicago, IL:
$10,000 |
| Collaborative
Partners |
Service
Area |
Program
Objectives |
Children’s Memorial Hospital
will collaborate with Community-based Children’s Health
Consortium; Chicago Community Health services; Erie Family
Health Center; Infant Welfare Society; Near North Health Service
Corporation
|
Uninsured children utilizing
the hospital’s emergency department
|
Provide education and enrollment
assistance to eligibles utilizing the ED; link appropriate
ED patients with community health centers for KidCare enrollment
and care; provide education on primary care and medical home
to all targeted patients; establish baseline data on number
of patients within target population who have no regular source
of care.
|
|
| IL—Child
Health Access Project, Chicago, IL: $5,000 |
| Collaborative
Partners |
Service
Area |
Program
Objectives |
Access Community Health Network
will collaborate with Fojo Management Inc., managing community
relations for McDonalds
|
South Lawndale area of Chicago;
uninsured children of employees and patrons of McDonalds restaurants
|
Provide information, training, & eligibility
screening for crew at 5 McDonalds restaurants regarding KidCare
and community healthcare; provide outreach events at local
McDonalds
|
|
| IA—Engaging
the Physician Office in SCHIP – Impact on Enrollment,
Cedar Rapids, IA: $10,000 |
| Collaborative
Partners |
Service
Area |
Program
Objectives |
Healthy Linn Care Network,
HACAP, Family & Child Health Alliance, Free Medical Clinic
at Jane Boyd Community House
|
Linn County with Cedar Rapids
as a hub; every SCHIP eligible within a primary care setting
|
Increase provider/staff SCHIP
awareness & knowledge; increase SCHIP point-of-service
outreach; increase SCHIP enrollment within each practice by
50%
|
|
| ND—Physician/Clinic
Outreach Initiative, Grand Forks, ND: $9,963 |
| Collaborative
Partners |
Service
Area |
Program
Objectives |
AAP North Dakota Chapter; North
Dakota Department of Human Services; North Dakota Covering
Kids; clinics employing pediatricians; North Dakota Medical
Association
|
Uninsured children of North
Dakota through 77 pediatricians statewide
|
Educate pediatricians regarding
SCHIP eligibility and practice needs; provide clinic staff
training and link clinics to Human Services for follow-up;
provide materials to support enrollment and outreach
|
|
| SC—Eau
Claire Cooperative Health Center Outreach Program, Columbia,
SC: $8,000 |
| Collaborative
Partners |
Service
Area |
Program
Objectives |
Eau Claire Cooperative Health
Center will collaborate with Hyatt Park Elementary School,
site of school clinic; Columbia Urban League, for outreach
workers; Eau Claire Community Council, assistance in promotion
|
Eau Claire section of Columbia;
low-income, minority SCHIP eligible children concentrated at
Hyatt Park Elementary School
|
Assess eligibility of low-income
children through door-to-door campaign; increase SCHIP enrollment
and offer medical home; provide real-time services in neighborhood
school-based clinic
|
|
| TX—Every
Child A Healthy Child CHIP Outreach, Education & Enrollment
Project, McAllen, TX: $9,780 |
| Collaborative
Partners |
Service
Area |
Program
Objectives |
Children’s Defense Fund – Rio
Grande Valley; Coalition for Valley Families; Lacar Kids’ Clinic
|
Children ages birth to 18 years
of age living in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas
|
Develop a CHIP education and
enrollment train the trainer curriculum; Increase by 300% the
number of CHIP service sites; Increase by 100% the current
rate of enrolled children in CHIP.
|
|
| TX—TexCare
Partnership of the Highland Lakes: $5,700 |
| Collaborative
Partners |
Service
Area |
Program
Objectives |
Outreach Health Services of
Burnet County; Seton Highland Lakes Hospital; The Seriff Foundation;
Sandra Thomas, MD
|
Uninsured children in Burnet
County, Texas
|
Solicit and educate volunteers
to provide outreach services; Provide a variety of events and
materials for distribution to promote SCHIP
|
|
| VA—Medical
Community Outreach Project, Richmond, VA: $10,000 |
| Collaborative
Partners |
Service
Area |
Program
Objectives |
Medical Society of Virginia
Foundation; SignUpNow; United Way – Thomas Jefferson
Area; University of Virginia Medical School; Richmond Area
Outreach Coordinating Committee; AAP Virginia Chapter
|
SCHIP eligible children within
the three medical school regions: Tidewater, Richmond, and
Charlottesville/
Albermarle
|
Increase number of children
enrolled in SCHIP; increase consumer knowledge of SCHIP; increase
physician awareness and outreach and enrollment in partnership
with physician practices; establish outreach systems at local
community care settings using medical students as volunteer
outreach workers
|
|
| WA—Creating
Greater Clinic Involvement in Signing Up Children for Medical
Insurance, Longview, WA: $10,000 |
| Collaborative
Partners |
Service
Area |
Program
Objectives |
Collaborative partners are
eight clinics in Cowlitz County; Parent’s Place; Children’s
Community Resources
|
Cowlitz County uninsured children
utilizing clinics, health department, and hospitals
|
Develop procedures for outreach
and enrollment of uninsured children for office staff; enrollment
of 250 additional children; convene partners to gather data,
train clinic office personnel in enrollment, develop patient
literature to assist in enrollment, obtain additional funding
|
|
| WA—Crisis
Nursery Outreach, Seattle, WA: $10,000 |
| Collaborative
Partners |
Service
Area |
Program
Objectives |
kids.health.2001; Washington
Health Foundation; Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies; Department
of Social and Health Services; University of Washington
|
Uninsured children utilizing
services of crisis nurseries throughout the state of Washington
|
Establish relationship between
crisis nurseries and Washington Chapter AAP; provide on-site
training to nursery staff regarding SCHIP; provide information
to families utilizing the nurseries |
