Access to Health Care

Insure Kids Now! (www.insurekidsnow.gov)
This government site containing links to individual state programs, is for use primarily by parents.

The Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) Program (http://www.hrsa.gov/epsdt/default.htm)
This website provides information about how Medicaid's EPSDT program works with public health, families, managed care organizations, pediatricians, and other health professionals to finance appropriate and necessary pediatric services.

Access to Care, Medicaid, and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) (www.aap.org/advocacy/staccess.htm)
This page provides AAP chapters with the tools to strengthen access for kids in state capitals. The Academy's Medicaid Policy Statement and information concerning Medicaid and SCHIP are provided.

Reaching Children: Building Systems of Care (www.aap.org/commpeds/schip/index.html)
his AAP program, supported by the Maternal and Children Health Bureau, funded 14 partnership initiatives to provide examples of ways pediatricians can successfully reach uninsured families.

Reaching Out and Reaching In: Understanding Efforts to Identify and Enroll Uninsured Children into Health Insurance Programs: (http://www.calendow.org/uploadedFiles/reaching_out_reaching_in.pdf)
This report provides a review of what is known about the effectiveness of outreach and enrollment strategies, and a framework for ways to evaluate  future outreach and enrollment programs. In California, many counties and their private partners and funders are refining and expanding their existing outreach and enrollment efforts to more effectively reach a broader range of familes. California Endowment Reaching Out Reading In Report. This includes framework and strategies for out reach.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (www.cbpp.org)
Analysis of working issues affecting families and individuals with low and moderate incomes. The policy decisions that policy makers face at federal and state levels including medicaid and the children's health insurance program..

The Children's Defense Fund (www.childrensdefense.org)
The Children's Defense Fund's ,ossopm is to ensure every child a healthy start, a head start, a fair start, a safe start, and a moral start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.

Children's Health Insurance Program (www.cms.hhs.gov/home/schip.asp)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) schip.asp website on the Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

Child Welfare League of America (www.cwla.org)
The Child Welfare League of America is committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families, and protecting every child from harm.

Communities Joined in Action: 100% Access; 0 Disparities (www.cjaonline.net/main.html)
Communities Joined in Action is one of the first efforts launched by Community Health Leadership Network to revolutionize health care from the ground up. This network recruits communities who are working to achieve better health for more people at less cost. Communities Joined In Action across America promotes using proven strategies to achieve better health for more people at less cost. Technical resources are available on their Web site.

Families USA (www.familiesusa.org)
Families USA is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans.

Family Voices (www.familyvoices.org/SCHIP/home.htm)
The Family Voices in SCHIP Implementation Project has developed annual state SCHIP Profiles of information for all the states, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Washington D.C.

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (www.kff.org)
This foundation provides funding for and information on programs and health policy related to child health, including SCHIP.

National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) (www.childrenshospitals.net)
The National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions promotes the health and well-being of all children and their families through support of children's hospitals and health systems that are committed to excellence in providing health care to children.

National Alliance for Hispanic Health (www.hispanichealth.org)
The National Alliance for Hispanic Health (the Alliance) is the Nation's oldest and largest network of Hispanic health and human services providers. Alliance members deliver quality services to over 12 million persons annually.

National Center for Farmworker Health (http://www.ncfh.org)
The National Center for Farmworker Health, Inc. is a private, not-for-profit corporation located in Buda, Texas whose mission is "to improve the health status of farmworker families through appropriate application of human, technical, and information resources."

National Health Law Program (NHeLP) (www.healthlaw.org)
The NHeLP is a national public interest law firm that seeks to improve health care for America's working and unemployed populations that are poor, minorities, the elderly and people with disabilities.

National Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies (www.hmhb.org)
The mission of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition is to improve the health and safety of mothers, babies, and families through education and collaborative partnerships of public and private organizations.

State Health Facts Online (www.statehealthfacts.kff.org)
This new resounce contains the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation. This program is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health bureau (MCHB).

Volunteers in Health Care: (www.volunteersinhealthcare.org/home.htm)
Volunteers in Health Care is a nationwide, non-profit program established in 1997 as a resource for health care providers looking to organize or expand volunteer-led medical and dental services for the uninsured in their communities.