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Listings by State
Alabama
Children's Hospital of Alabama ALL Kids Outreach and Enrollment
Effort
Placement of an outreach coordinator in the emergency department (ED) during
weekends
Target Population: ED patients
Contact: Melinda Brown, MSW, MPH
Children's Hospital of Alabama
1600 7th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35233
Eastern Shore Children's Clinic
Use of temporary workers placed in local elementary schools to provide State
Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) application assistance
Target Population: Elementary school students in Baldwin County, AL
Contact: Rhoda Burns, MD
Eastern Shore Children's Clinic
#7 Medical Park
Fairhope, AL 36533
Reaching Marion's Children: Building a System of Community
Care
Peer outreach through medical explorers and enrollment along with educational
material development
Target Population: Adolescents in rural Marion County, AL
Contact: Douglas McBride, MD, FAAP
Winfield Pediatrics
PO Box 686
255 Medical Dr, Suite 1
Winfield, AL 35594
Alaska - None
Arizona
Flagstaff Pediatric Partnership
Use of an AmeriCorps resource fellow to provide outreach, education, and application
assistance at public housing councils and pediatrician offices
Target Population: Uninsured of Flagstaff, AZ
Contact: James Dewar, MD, FAAP
Flagstaff Primary Care
107 E Oak, Suite 101
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
KidsCare Reach Out
On-site SCHIP enrollment assistance through outreach workers at local pediatricians'
offices and educational support of medical and office staff in collaboration
with Arizona Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Target Population: Urban and rural Hispanics in and around Tucson, AZ
Contact: Andrew Arthur, MD, PhD, FAAP
El Rio Health Center
839 W Congress St
Tucson, AZ 85745
Teen Outreach Pregnancy Services
Teen pregnancy outreach through intensified case management including education,
enrollment, and access to prenatal care
Target Population: Pregnant teens in Pima County, AZ
Contact: Janel Lloyd, MD, FAAP
5335 E Erickson
Tucson, AZ 85712
Walgreens Pediatric Partnership Initiative
Partnership with Walgreens to provide SCHIP application and information through
trained pharmacists
Target Population: Walgreens pharmacy customers in the Tucson
metropolitan area
Contact: Rene Bartos, MD, MPH
American Red Cross Homeless Children Health Program
5601 E Broadway Blvd
Tucson, AZ 85711-3511
Arkansas
ARKids First Rural Outreach
Enrollment events in collaboration with Hispanic community leaders and clergy,
including dental screenings and other cultural and rural events, to promote
SCHIP in remote areas
Target Population: Hispanic and pregnant teens
Contact: Ron Beckel, MD
1102 Crestwood Cir
Mena, AR 71953-3201
The Pediatric Clinic Outreach
School and clinic collaboration to provide health care access including health
evaluations for the medically underserved
Target Population: Middle school children in rural Cabot, AR
Contact: Eric Fraser, MD, FAAP
3401 Springhill Dr, Suite 245
North Little Rock, AR 72117
California
Health Access Clinics for Children of Domestic Violence
Institution by medical residents of health assessment clinics at an emergency
shelter, which will include outreach and enrollment of children who are uninsured
and eligible for SCHIP
Target Population: Children of victims of domestic violence
Contact: Patty Vitale, MD
2939-C Cowley Way
San Diego, CA 92117
Health-Express Pilot-Collaborative
School-based screening outreach using a Web-based application for automated
eligibility screening
Target Population: School-aged children of West San Fernando Valley,
CA
Contact: Barbara Rodriguez, MD, FAAP
8902 Woodman Ave
Arleta, CA 91331
Healthy Start Family Resource Center
Healthy Start program link between a school and pediatrician to provide outreach
workers; community, school, and peer outreach; and follow-up to encourage
retention
Target Population: Families with low income of south Sacramento
County, CA
Contact: Frederic Baker, MD, FAAP
North Valley/Sacramento
Permanente Medical Group
1955 Cowell Blvd
Davis, CA 95616
Orange County Adolescent Wellness Program
Outreach to adolescents through establishment of a school clinic
Target Population: Adolescents in Orange County, CA
Contact: Patricia Riba, MD
2684 San Joaquin Hills Rd
Corona del Mar, CA 92625
Project REACH (Resources, Education, and Access
for Children's Health)
Use culturally targeted written materials, personal contacts with community
leaders, and direct contact with parents to increase SCHIP use in the Jewish
population of Los Angeles, CA
Target Population: Jewish children and families with low income, especially
immigrants, of Los Angeles
Contact: Robert Adler, MD
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
6450 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Provider Access Counseling (PAC) Program
Assessment of current clinic patients for SCHIP eligibility and enrollment
assistance through specially trained pediatric practitioners at 2 local health
centers in western Los Angeles
Target Population: Current clinic patients of west Los Angeles
Contact: Patricia Barreto, MD, FAAP
650 Charles Young Dr S
B-537 Factor Bldg
Box 951736
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1736
Reaching Uninsured Low-Income Children Eligible for Healthy
Families (SCHIP)
Use of subsidized child care waiting list to identify, reach out, and enroll
children in SCHIP
Target Population: Families with low income seeking subsidized
child care
Contact: Laurel Leslie, MD, FAAP
Children's Hospital
Children and Adolescent Research Center
3020 Children's Way, MC 5033
San Diego, CA 92123
The Children's Connection to Health
Designation of an 800 number information line about public health insurance
staffed by a marketing assistant during evening and weekend hours. Families
are referred to certified application assistants for application completion.
Target Population: Uninsured Hispanics of Los Angeles
Contact: Richard Seidman, MD, MPH, FAAP
1172 N Maclay Ave
San Fernando, CA 91340
The Healthy Peers Program
Students trained to conduct outreach to their peers distribute Request for
Information forms to identify uninsured youth. Application assistance will
be provided through coalition agency.
Target Population: High school students in San Francisco, CA
Contact: Janet Shalwitz, MD
Adolescent Health Working Group
323 Geary St, Suite 418
San Francisco, CA 94102
Colorado
Denver Covering Kids
Outreach program using marketing messages developed for adolescents. The program
includes an advisory committee of students and professionals as well as peer-to-peer
outreach at local middle and high schools.
Target Population: Adolescents
Contact: Jeff Brown, MD, MPH, FAAP
777 Bannock St
MC 1914
Denver, CO 80204
Patient Advocate
Point-of-service outreach and identification of uninsured patients by practice
staff members with enrollment assistance. Program also tracks inappropriate
emergency room (ER) use and counsels on alternatives.
Target Population: Uninsured of Grand Junction, CO, community
Contact: William Findlay, MD, FAAP
2323 N 7th St
Grand Junction, CO 81501
Connecticut- none
Delaware
Care Connection: Reaching for a Healthy Future
Use of trained social work and admissions hospital staff in providing outreach
and enrollment assistance, as well as assistance with linkage to a medical
home
Target Population: People with low income of rural Kent County,
DE
Contact: Julia Pillsbury, DO, FAAP, FACOP
Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
125-1 Greentree Dr
Dover, DE 19904
District of Columbia
Bilingual Health Access Project (BHAP)
Development of culturally appropriate materials and public relations (PR) campaign
targeted at local businesses and community about SCHIP
Target Population: Vietnamese and Ethiopian of Washington, DC
Contact: Cheryl Focht, MD
Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care
2333 Ontario Rd NW
Washington, DC 20009
From the Ground Up: DC Covering Kids
Development of a community coalition to identify barriers to SCHIP enrollment
and retention, as well as a phone survey for additional information on barriers
Target Population: People with low income eligible for recertification
of public health insurance
Contact: Gloria Brathwaite, MD
Mobile Health Programs
111 Michigan Ave NW
Washington, DC 20010
Georgetown University Children's Medical Center KIDS Mobile
Medical Clinic
Mobile medical unit outreach
Target Population: Medically underserved in Washington, DC
Contact: Matthew Levy, MD, FAAP
Georgetown University Hospital, 2PHC
3800 Reservoir Rd NW
Washington, DC 20007
Florida
Access to Better Care (ABC) Coalition
Establishment of a pediatric nurses network to provide outreach and education
about SCHIP to pediatricians, hospital ERs, and maternity wards
Target Population: Population that is of low income of Santa
Rosa and Escambia counties, FL
Contact: Randall Reese, MD, FAAP
3416 Gulf Breeze Pkwy
Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
Haitian American SCHIP Access Program
Use of a mobile clinic to provide SCHIP outreach and enrollment as well as
health care to non-qualifying children through collaboration with community
centers
Target Population: Uninsured and low-income Haitian American
families
Contact: Arturo Brito, MD
Mailman Center for Child Development
1601 NW 12th Ave, Room 4031
Miami, FL 33136
Increasing Children's Access to Care in the Florida Panhandle
Development of culturally appropriate educational materials for local distribution.
Outreach and enrollment efforts through churches and local businesses.
Target Population: Rural African American and Hispanic population in the Florida
panhandle
Contact: Joseph Sherrel, MD, FAAP
4316 Fifth Ave
Marianna, FL 32446
Medicision
The creation of an automated community access referral system that coordinates
enrollment into the broad spectrum of Florida public assistance programs.
The system functions as an eligibility determination tool to qualify applicants
for assistance programs and allow organizations to provide appropriate referrals
to meet applicants' needs.
Target Population: Uninsured children
Contact: Deborah Mulligan-Smith, MD, FAAP, FACEP
Nova Southeastern University
Institute for Child Health Policy
3200 S University Dr
Ft Lauderdale, FL 33328
Operation Children First
Outreach and education about SCHIP and immigration information for Haitian
population of Broward County, FL with linkage to multisite Memorial Healthcare
System
Target Population: Haitian American population
Contact: Palghat Alamelu, MD
Primary Care Center of the Memorial Healthcare System
4015 Pembroke Rd
Hollywood, FL 33021
REACH OUT
Placement of point-of-service bilingual trainers at health center to provide
application assistance and education through culturally sensitive materials
Target Population: Rural and migrant workers of Manatee County,
FL
Contact: Rani Gereige, MD, FAAP
University of South Florida Pediatric Residency Program
All Children's Hospital
801 6th St S, Box 6960
St Petersburg, FL 33701
Georgia - none
Hawaii
Peds-focused SCHIP Program
Point-of-service identification of SCHIP-eligible children by specially trained
health care personnel and application assistance
Target Population: Uninsured families of Maui, HI
Contact: Susan Borba, MD
Community Clinic of Maui
48 Lono Ave
Kahului, HI 96732
Idaho
Hispanic Health Access
Use of a multilingual outreach worker to work with Hispanic families in SCHIP
enrollment. Health care provider education about SCHIP outreach and enrollment
also provided.
Target Population: Uninsured Hispanic population
Contact: Michael Sexton, MD, FAAP
777 N Raymond St
Boise, ID 83704
Illinois
CareLink Health Screening Project
Provision of free preventive health screenings with linkage to a medical home
to un- and under-insured children through events at faith-based organizations
Target Population: Uninsured in western
DuPage County, IL
Contact: Timothy Wall, MD, FAAP
CareLink Foundation
550 E Washington St W, Suite D
West Chicago, IL 60185
Child Health Access Project
KidCare presentations and enrollment assistance on site at McDonald's restaurants
for employees with linkage to local health center for enrollment in a medical
home. The program also provides promotion of SCHIP to the general public
at the restaurants.
Target Population: Uninsured of South Lawndale area of Chicago,
IL
Contact: Oscar Diaz, MD
Servicios Medicos La Villita
3303 W 26th St
Chicago, IL 60623
Children's ER-based KidCare and Medical Home Initiative
Use of AmeriCorps workers to provide outreach and enrollment with patients
using the hospital's ED and community health centers, including application
assistance, importance of preventive care, and linkage to a medical home
Target Population: Uninsured using ED
Contact: James Kolstadt
Children's Memorial Hospital
2300 Children's Plaza, #152
Chicago, IL 60614
Helping Hands Network
Development of culturally and linguistically appropriate outreach materials
and a help line to educate families about SCHIP. Recruitment of physicians
to outreach network.
Target Population: Urban families with low income near south
Chicago
Contact: Jagjit Teji, MD, FAAP
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
2525 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL 60616
Kling Pediatric Clinic KidCare Enrollment
Placement of an enrollment specialist in a busy clinic to screen records for
SCHIP eligibility and assist with enrollment process
Target Population: Uninsured children of Chicago west side
Contact: LaMorris Perry, MD, FAAP
Mount Sinai Hospital
Department of Pediatrics
California Ave at 15th St
Chicago, IL 60608
Ottawa Outreach
Point-of-service education and enrollment campaign
Target Population: Hispanic population
Contact: Amar Dave, MD
1306 Gemini Cir
Ottawa, IL 61350
Project Access-KidCare Counts
Neonational intensive care unit (NICU) outreach with application assistance
through a case manager. Staff attorney will help families overcome logistical
barriers to enrollment and represent them through administrative appeals.
Target Population: Neonates at high risk
Contact: Stephen Wall, MD, FAAP
University of Chicago
Department of Pediatrics
5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 60637
Chicago, IL 60637
Reaching Children With KidCare
Parent, social service agency, and primary care provider education and point-of-service
enrollment. Use of educational luncheons for parents and primary care providers.
Target Population: Families with low income from southwestern Ilinois and St
Louis
Contact: Heidi Sallee, MD, FAAP
Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation
6000 Bond Ave
Centreville, IL 62207
Supplemental Application for KidCare With Free School
Lunch Application
Distribution of a supplemental application for KidCare to free and reduced
school lunch participants
Target Population: Chicago public schools
Contact: Terri Morris, MD, FAAP
University of Illinois at Chicago
Division of Community Health
845 S Damen Ave
5th Floor, MC 802
Chicago, IL 60612
University of Illinois at Chicago / El Valor Partnership
Placement of bilingual medical residents in a community center, serving a predominantly
Hispanic area, to provide SCHIP enrollment assistance and medical home linkage
Target Population: Hispanic children and families
Contact: Peter Noronha, MD, FAAP
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Pediatrics
840 S Wood St, MC 856
Chicago, IL 60612
Indiana
Children in Need (CIN)
Door-to-door outreach using volunteers trained by nursing school
Target Population: Families with low income of rural Clark, Floyd, and Harrison
counties, IN
Contact: Bahran Sepehri, MD
1425 State St, Suite 100
New Albany, IN 47150
CHIP Outreach Training Program - Gary Community Health
Foundation, Inc
Use of SCHIP trainer to educate health care professionals and clinic staff
about SCHIP practices for enrollment
Target Population: Eligible uninsured children of Lake County,
IN
Contact: Steve Simpson, MD
1015 N Shelby St
Gary, IN 46403
Hoosier HealthWise-Hispanic Outreach
Placement of an outreach coordinator in a primary care center to provide outreach
and SCHIP application assistance to new mothers within 48 hours of birth
Target Population: Hispanic population of northwestern Indianapolis
Contact: Deborah Radecki, MD, FAAP
St Vincent Primary Care Center
8220 Naab Rd, Suite 100
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Iowa
Engaging the Physician Office in SCHIP-Impact on Enrollment
Integration of active SCHIP outreach and enrollment mechanisms into all primary
care offices in Linn County, IA, through training for physicians and office
staff and placement of educational materials. Point-of-service enrollment
also will be instituted.
Target Population: Uninsured families of Linn County, IA
Contact: Nancy Palm
Healthy Linn Care Network
866 1st Ave NE
PO Box 3026
Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
Kansas
Legislation Action for Children in Kansas (LACK)
Traveling continuing medical education (CME) program to educate pediatricians
about the interaction of legislative action and medicine
Target Population: Uninsured in Kansas
Contact: Jonathan Jantz, MD, FAAP
720 Medical Center Dr
Newton, KS 67114-8778
Kentucky
ACT for Health
" Train the trainer" program to educate health care professionals,
churches, and employers about overcoming barriers to SCHIP
Target Population: Children of families with low income of
Jefferson County, KY
Contact: Thomas James III, MD, FAAP
Humana
2005 Long Knife Ct
Louisville, KY 40207
Louisiana - none
Maine - none
Maryland - none
Massachusetts
Easy as ABC
School outreach through community events
Target Population: Students of families with low income at
middle and elementary schools
Contact: Deval Shah-Cunning, MD
Dimock Community Health Center
Department of Pediatrics
55 Dimock St
Roxbury, MA 02119
Insuring the Future (All Children, All Insured, All Healthy)
Placement of multilingual outreach and enrollment workers in public school
parent information centers to provide enrollment assistance, case management
services, and linkage to a medical home
Target Population: Students in the Boston, MA public school
system
Contact: Linda Grant, MD, MPH, FAAP
Health Services
Boston Public Schools
443 Warren St
Boston, MA 02121
No Child Without Health Insurance
Point-of-service identification of SCHIP-eligible patients by clinic staff
as well as the development of an ad campaign and incentive for enrollment
Target Population: Urban population of low income and uninsured
Contact: Wha-Ja Woo Fenton, MD
632 Blue Hill Ave
Dorchester, MA 02121
Michigan
In-house Pediatrics-SCHIP Enrollment Project
Hospital point-of-service outreach and enrollment with linkage to new pediatric
office for care. Uses trainers to teach volunteers and parents how to enroll
in SCHIP.
Target Population: Uninsured or underinsured families of Macomb
County, MI (suburban Detroit)
Contact: Jay Eastman, MD, MBA, FAAP
503 Pierce St
Birmingham, MI 48306
School Mobile Health Center (SMHC)
MI-Child Link
School mobile health center outreach through immunization fairs and episodic
care. Also links children to a medical home.
Target Population: Detroit, MI, school children who are Hispanic
Contact: Teresa Holtrop, MD, FAAP
Children's Hospital of Michigan
3901 Beaubien
Detroit, MI 48201
Minnesota - none
Mississippi
Amos Network CHIP Initiative
Volunteer network from faith-based collaborative to provide outreach and enrollment
at area public schools
Target Population: Public school students in Jackson and Hinds
counties, MS
Contact: Glen Graves, MD, FAAP
2500 N State St
Jackson, MS 39216
Lee County CHIP Partnership
Education of child care centers for providing outreach and enrollment to eligible
children enrolled in the centers
Target Population: Child care centers in Lee County, MS
Contact: Ed Ivancic, MD, FAAP
2789 Lakeshire Ln
Tupelo, MS 38801
North Mississippi CHIP Partnership
Education of child care centers for providing outreach and enrollment to eligible
children enrolled in the centers
Target Population: Child care centers in rural Mississippi
counties
Contact: James Fite, MD, FAAP
340 Van Dorn
Grenada, MS 38901
Southeast Mississippi CHIP Partnership
Education of child care centers for providing outreach and enrollment to eligible
children enrolled in the centers
Target Population: Child care centers in Jasper, Jones, Smith
and Wayne counties, MS
Contact: Patricia Tibbs, MD, FAAP
117 S Eleventh St
Laurel, MS 39441
Missouri
Healthy Kids Express
Screen current medical records for eligibility to SCHIP and provide outreach
through home visit and phone contact. Use of a social worker to provide outreach
at community events and high-traffic locations.
Target Population: Elementary students through mobile van service
Contact: Blaine Sayre, MD, FAAP
4055 Lindell Blvd
St Louis, MO 63108
Montana - none
Nebraska - none
Nevada
Kids Health Care Faculty Clinic
Point-of-service identification and application assistance to SCHIP-eligible
patients using a Welfare Division staff person
Target Population: Low-income and uninsured children of Clark
County, NV
Contact: Bernard Feldman, MD, MPH, FAAP
Department of Pediatrics
2040 W Charleston Blvd, Suite 402
Las Vegas, NV 89102-2250
Low-income Access to Care
Education of Native American clinic staff about SCHIP to provide community
outreach and education
Target Population: Washoe Tribe
Contact: Kenneth Cairns, MD
Washoe Tribe Clinic
950 Hwy 395
Gardnerville, NV 89410
Northeastern Nevada Children and Physician Outreach Project
Education of health care professionals and recruitment forums to increase professionals
accepting SCHIP patients. The program also provides an outreach
coordinator for in-office assistance.
Target Population: Uninsured and physicians and dentists of
northeastern Nevada
Contact: Kevin Dinwiddie, MD, FAAP
2215 N 5th St
Elko, NV 89801
New Hampshire - none
New Jersey
Covenant House Newark Medical Services
Homeless and at-risk youth outreach through homeless center
Target Population: Homeless and at-risk youth
Contact: Annie Armstrong-Coben, MD, FAAP
330 Washington St
Newark, NJ 07012
Jewish Renaissance Foundation
Expansion of services through various social programs to improve access to
care for underserved minority population
Target Population: Urban underserved in Perth Amboy, NJ
Contact: Alla Gordina, MD
c/o Jewish Renaissance Foundation
149 Kearny Ave
Perth Amboy, NJ 08861
Step by Step
Use of a tracking system to link Head Start/preschool students to medical homes
and provide outreach and enrollment assistance
Target Population: Preschool population in Hoboken, NJ
Contact: Sophie Pierog, MD, FAAP
Center for Family Health
122-132 Clinton St
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Your Child's Health and You
Development and broadcast of a TV educational "spot" on SCHIP as
part of a 26-segment series on preventive health care
Target Population: Southeast Asian population of Middlesex
County, NJ
Contact: Naveen Mehrotra, MD
3 Hageman Rd
Somerset, NJ 08873
New Mexico
Addressing Pediatric Substance Abuse in the Primary Care
Setting
Community fairs in neighborhoods with high risk for uninsured to provide educational
materials and activities. The program will also provide a conference on substance
abuse and guidance for coverage under Mexi-Kids to health care professionals.
Target Population: Children at risk for substance abuse
Contact: John Good, MD, FAAP
St Vincent Hospital
Arroyo Chamiso Pediatric Center
455 St Michael's Dr
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Farmington Community Health Center
Training of representatives from area's major ethnic groups to act as culturally
focused "promoters" to educate families about SCHIP and provide
application assistance
Target Population: Uninsured of the Four Corners region of
New Mexico
Contact: Richard Diedrich, MD, FAAP
Farmington Community Health Center
1001 W Broadway, #D
Farmington, NM 87401
Support, Empowerment, Advocacy, and Doulas (SEAD) Project
Use of a SCHIP specialist to train medical interpreter, birth attendants, and
home visitors to provide outreach and enrollment
Target Population: Latino and Vietnamese who speak limited
English
Contact: Naomi Kistin, MD, MPH, FAAP
New Mexico Department Of Health
1111 Stanford NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
New York
Hispanic Progressive Center Child Health Care Initiative
Education and outreach program to instruct Hispanic immigrants on the importance
of insurance, the types of public insurance available to them, and how to
navigate the system
Target Population: Hispanic population of New Rochelle, NY
Contact: Lester Zimmerman, MD, FAAP
30 Rosehill Ave
New Rochelle, NY 10804
Reaching Latino Adolescents Through School-based Initiative
Use of a bilingual outreach coordinator to work with schools through initiatives
such as lunch programs, after-school programs, and staff trainings. In addition,
the coordinator would provide application assistance and work with other
community organizations.
Target Population: Hispanic immigrants of Westchester County,
NY
Contact: Katherine Lobach, MD, FAAP
Montefiore Medical Center
Department of Pediatrics
111 E 210th St
Bronx, NY 10467
Recruiting Uninsured Children Into Public Health Insurance
Through the ER
Emergency room outreach though an ER-based information booth that links families
with community-based organizations for facilitated SCHIP enrollment
Target Population: Uninsured of northern Manhattan
Contact: Anouk Amzel, MD
Children's Hospital of New York/Columbia University
622 W 168th St
New York, NY 10032
North Carolina
Make Insurance Not a Bad Thing to Have
Teen-focused media campaign through work with school sporting activities and
personnel. Training for school personnel to provide enrollment support is
also included in the program.
Target Population: Teens of Caldwell County, NC-rural
Contact: Eric Dravland, MD, FAAP
Mulberry Pediatrics
401 Mulberry St SW
Lenoir, NC 28645
New Hanover County Latino Health Choice Outreach
Use of a Latino health coordinator to provide outreach, enrollment assistance,
and follow-up in establishing a linkage with a primary care pediatrician
Target Population: Latino children in New Hanover County, NC
Contact: Lirio Palmos, MD, FAAP
2304 Delaney Ave
Wilmington, NC 28403
Overcoming Barriers to Reenrollment (OBR)
Community service agency collaboration to develop
reenrollment strategies to improve retention of SCHIP enrollees. The program
will use parent focus groups, hire a consultant to develop marketing strategies,
and work with schools and other agencies to make reenrollment materials readily
available to families.
Target Population: SCHIP enrollees of Durham County, NC
Contact: Evelyn Schmidt, MD, FAAP
Lincoln Community Health Center
1301 Fayetteville St
PO Box 52119
Durham, NC 27717-2119
North Dakota
Physician/Clinic-based Outreach Initiative
Peer-to-peer pediatrician and office staff education on SCHIP promotion and
enrollment
Target Population: Pediatricians of North Dakota
Contact: Bernard Hoggarth, MD, FAAP
Altru Health System
Department of Pediatrics
1000 S Columbia Rd
Grand Forks, ND 58201
Ohio
Children's Hospital Mobile Care Center-SCHIP Outreach
Mobile unit outreach to schools and provision of an outreach specialist to
screen for lack of health insurance through medical treatment forms
Target Population: Working population with low income and
immigrants
Contact: Wendy Anderson, MD
Children's Hospital
Department of Ambulatory Pediatrics
700 Children's Dr
Columbus, OH 43205
Connect a Doc
Collaboration with county health department to provide education and support
to pediatricians and family practice physicians about SCHIP outreach and
enrollment
Target Population: Families with low income of Summit County,
OH
Contact: Christopher Rizzo, MD, FAAP
1835 Beacon Hill Cir, #34
Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221
Health Partners of Miami County
Use of established volunteer specially trained to educate parents on the importance
of insurance. Special SCHIP-related materials will be developed and staff
trained to provide application assistance.
Target Population: Underserved in rural Miami County, OH
Contact: Paul Weber, MD, FAAP
251 S Mulberry St
Troy, OH 45373
Healthy Start/Healthy Families Outreach
Use of medical students, residents, and other health care professionals to
provide outreach through home visits to families identified from school lunch
applications as potentially eligible for SCHIP
Target Population: Students applying to school lunch program
Contact: Stephanie Dewar, MD
Tod Children's Hospital
500 Gypsy Ln
Youngstown, OH 44501
St Rita's Children's Health Insurance Program
Placement of an outreach worker in clinic that provides preventative and episodic
sick care to children and families who have low income
Target Population: Uninsured of Lima, OH
Contact: Shama Amin, MD
St Rita's Medical Center-Specialty Clinics
730 W Market St
Lima, OH 45801
Oklahoma - none
Oregon
Project Stepping Stones
Outreach and enrollment assistance for newborns and pregnant women through
a Healthy Start program
Target Population: Infants and children of pregnant women
with low income in Deschutes County, OR
Contact: Allen Merritt, MD, MHA, FAAP
St Charles Medical Center
2500 NE Neff Rd
Bend, OR 97701
Pennsylvania
Capital Region Health System (CRHS) Reaching Out-Ensuring
Access to Health Care for All Children
Education and enrollment campaign to target children at kindergarten and Head
Start registration and during athletic physical examinations. Special event
presentations will be made as well as enrollment assistance provided.
Target Population: Children enrolling in kindergarten or Head
Start or receiving athletic physical examinations
Contact: Margery Wasko, MD, FAAP
Capital Region Health System at Hamilton Health Center 1821 Fulton St
Harrisburg, PA 17102
Children's Health Insurance-For Your Information (CHIP-FYI)
Project
Use of an outreach coordinator to provide outreach and SCHIP education to community
organizations, health care providers, human service providers, and parents.
The coordinator will work through community events and activities.
Target Population: Uninsured children of Delaware County,
PA
Contact: Kathleen Reeves, MD, FAAP
Crozer-Chester Medical Center
POB One, Suite 402
One Medical Center Blvd
Upland, PA 19013-3995
Clinic for Children With Special Needs
Media and PR campaign using PSAs, radio announcements, newspaper articles,
and a mobile educational van for remote areas. A clinic nurse will provide
enrollment into SCHIP.
Target Population: Uninsured children of rural west central
Pennsylvania
Contact: Matthew Masiello, MD, FAAP
1086 Franklin St
Johnstown, PA 15905
Community Pediatrics and Child Advocacy
Development of Chinese language self-help directory detailing the eligibility,
benefits, and application for SCHIP
Target Population: Chinese population of Philadelphia, PA
Contact: Camille Fung, MD
Department of Ambulatory Pediatrics
St Christopher's Hospital for Children
Front and Erie St
Philadelphia, PA 19134
Kids First
Development and use of a media campaign to promote SCHIP, including billboards,
radio public service announcements (PSAs), and newspaper block ads, and one-on-one
application assistance through a telephone hot line
Target Population: Families with low income and former Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients
Contact: Barry Clark, MD
1 B Main St
Wellsboro, PA 16901
Lackawanna County Child Witness to Violence Initiative
Outreach through the identification of potentially eligible children by officers
at the scenes of domestic violence. Follow-up by Advocacy Center staff to
discuss health insurance and SCHIP enrollment along with guidance and support
in cases of domestic violence.
Target Population: Children at high risk in Lackawanna County,
PA
Contact: Andrea Taroli, MD, FAAP
Children's Advocacy Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania
PO Box 45
315 Colfax Ave
Scranton, PA 18501-0045
Pittsburgh School-based SCHIP Outreach
Use of a school-based enrollment specialist to provide application assistance
and follow-up with families indicating an interest as specified on school
forms completed by parents at the beginning of the year
Target Population: Eligible students in Pittsburgh, PA schools
Contact: Gina Succato, MD, MPH, FAAP
Adolescent Medicine
3705 Fifth Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
REACH
" Expansion of Welfare to Work" model used to train outreach workers
to include diversity-trained pediatric residents. Addition of community sites
to day care network in Southeast Asian community.
Target Population: Asian community
Contact: Allan Arbeter, MD
Albert Einstein Medical Center
5501 Old York Rd
Paley Building-First Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19141
Puerto Rico - none
Rhode Island
Project Access
Identification of uninsured through dental program with subsequent outreach
to those identified through culturally appropriate materials. Marketing of
SCHIP program by school nurse teachers, who also assist families with referrals
to primary care providers.
Target Population: Uninsured students of Providence, RI school
district
Contact: Dorothy Stamper
Rhode Island KIDS COUNT
One Union Station
Providence, RI 02903
South Carolina
Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center Outreach Program
Door-to-door and elementary school clinic-based outreach using Urban League
part-time employees knowledgeable with the area. The program will also link
children to a medical home at a nearby health center.
Target Population: Children of families with low income from
Eau Claire neighborhood of Columbia, SC
Contact: Tanya Cothran-Ross, MD
Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center
4605 Monticello Rd
Columbia, SC 29203
Open ARMS (Open Access to Resources and Medical Services)
The use of people from targeted communities trained as community lay health
workers to provide application assistance and education about importance
of health insurance and preventive health care
Target Population: Families with low income of Clarendon County,
SC
Contact: Barbara Brooks
Black River Health Care
PO Box 699
Olanta, SC 29114
Well-Baby Plus
Train home visitors in existing Healthy Families America and Parents as Teachers
collaborative to provide outreach and application assistance with post-enrollment
follow-up
Target Population: Families with low income of Beaufort County,
SC
Contact: Francis Rushton, MD, FAAP
964 Ribaut Rd, Suite 1
Beaufort, SC 29902
South Dakota - none
Tennessee
Imperial Medicine at Operation HOPE
Use of a case manager to provide education, support, application assistance,
and referral to SCHIP-eligible children, as well as after-school educational
programs for the children of this faith-based organization
Target Population: Participants in after-school program from
Old Hickory Boulevard and Hollywood Drive areas of Jackson, TN
Contact: Vernessa Davis, MD
72 Physicians Dr
Jackson, TN 38305
Texas
Angelo State University (ASU) School Health Clinic
Use of wellness checks as a vehicle for point-of-service outreach at locations
such as clinics and EDs. Application assistance and follow-up phone calls
also provided.
Target Population: Infants younger than 1 year
Contact: Jane Rider, MD, FAAP
West Texas Medical Associates
3555 Knickerbocker
San Angelo, TX 76904
Children's Health Insurance Program Outreach
Use an outreach worker for training of medical providers and local businesses
that do not provide health insurance in outreach and enrollment procedures
Target Population: 13-county area of Texas
Contact: Brian Ullom, MD, FAAP
La Esperanza Clinic
2033 W Beauregard
San Angelo, TX 76901
Children's Wellness Center
Provision of a community-based, bilingual, culturally sensitive SCHIP enrollment
and education worker in a small, rural, Hispanic care clinic
Target Population: Rural school district
Contact: Leslie Aiello, MD
1500 W 38th St, #20
Austin, TX 78731-6321
CHIP Outreach to a Low Income, Inner-city Population
Placement of an outreach worker at clinics in schools and public health centers
to provide application assistance and follow-up
Target Population: Patients served at the San Antonio metropolitan
health district clinics
Contact: Suzanna Pickett Garza, MD, MPH
332 W Commerce, Suite 303
San Antonio, TX 78205
CHRISTUS CHIP Pediatrician Outreach Project
Pediatrician offices in zip code areas with families with low income targeted
to function as CHIP awareness, application assistance, and enrollment sites
Target Population: Pediatricians in zip code areas with families
with low income
Contact: Richard Wayne, MD, FAAP
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children's Hospital
519 W Houston St
San Antonio, TX 78207-3198
Community Health Outreach Partnership
Identification of SCHIP-eligible newborns in Galveston County, TX through an
outreach worker also trained to provide application assistance. The program
also includes the creation of a database for tracking all county births.
Target Population: Births in Galveston County
Contact: Patricia Beach, MD
University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Dr
Galveston, TX 77555-1119
Every Child a Healthy Child CHIP Outreach, Education and
Enrollment Project
Creation of a network of organizations and volunteers to provide SCHIP information
at multiple sites. Use volunteers to provide outreach, enrollment assistance,
and public awareness/education events at community sites.
Target Population: Children of families with low income ages
0 to 18 years
Contact: Edanili Lacar, MD, FAAP
220 S Bicentennial Blvd, Suite A
McAllen, TX 78501
Pediatric Access to Dental Services
Funding for dental services and preventive care for uninsured children
Target Population: Children of families with low income in
Ector County, TX
Contact: Eileen Louise Sheridan-Shayeb, MD, FAAP
840 W Clements
Odessa, TX 79763
Pro Salud
Use of apartment-based community workers (promotoras) to provide SCHIP enrollment,
health education, and referral to residents of their apartment complexes
Target Population: Hispanic Gulfton neighborhood of Houston
Contact: Margaret Goetz, MD, FAAP
Pro Salud
3742 Tangley
Houston, TX 77005
Reaching Out to Underserved Children
Placement of trained resident volunteers from multisite apartment complex into
their communities for SCHIP outreach and enrollment assistance
Target Population: Children in southwest Houston, TX ages
0 to18 years, of families with incomes below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level
Contact: Rebecca Girardet, MD, FAAP
University of Texas-Houston Medical School
Children's Assessment Center
2500 Bolsover St
Houston, TX 77005
TexCare Partnership of the Highland Lakes
Volunteer network organized to provide outreach to events targeted to middle
and high school students and to include incentives for enrollment
Target Population: Middle and high school students in rural
Burnet County, TX
Contact: Sandra Thomas, MD
1123 Hwy 1431
Marble Falls, TX 78654
Utah
Community Health Centers (CHC)
Development of marketing campaign to overcome barriers to enrollment
Target Population: Uninsured at Salt Lake County, UT, clinics
Contact: Wendy Hobson, MD, FAAP
Northwest Health Center
1365 W 1000 N
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
Outreach Case Worker Model to Improve Medicaid/CHIP Enrollment
Use of an AmeriCorps volunteer trained to provide outreach, application assistance,
and post-enrollment follow-up for homeless clinic
Target Population: Homeless of Salt Lake City and County
Contact: Joan Sheetz, MD, FAAP
Wasatch Homeless Health Care
404 S 400 W
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
The Dee Elementary CHIP Identification and Enrollment
Program
Use of a bilingual outreach worker in elementary clinic to work with staff
and provide enrollment in SCHIP through home visits
Target Population: Elementary students in Weber County, UT
Contact: Carl Houghton, MD
Midtown Community Health Center
670 28th St
Ogden, UT 84403
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
For More Information...
Stefanie Graves (program coordinator)
AAP Division of Community-based Initiatives, at
800/ 433-9016, ext. 4014
e-mai: sgraves@aap.org.
This program is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s
(HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB).
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