Enrolling Eligible Children and Keeping Them Enrolled

• Published in: The Future of children Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 81 - 97
• Main Authors: Ross, Donna Cohen, Hill, Ian T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Center for the Future of Children, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation 2003; Princeton University-Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; Princeton University
• Subjects: Adopted children; Analysis; Attendance; Case Studies; Child; Child care; Child Health; Child health services; Child Health Services - economics; Child Health Services - statistics & numerical data; Child Health Services - supply & distribution; Child Welfare; Children; Children & youth; Childrens health insurance programs; Community Relations; Electronics benefit transfer; Eligibility; Eligibility Determination; Enrollments; Entitlement programs; Family (Sociological Unit); Health Care Services Policy; Health Insurance; Health Policy; Health Programs; Humans; Insurance, Health - statistics & numerical data; Low Income Groups; Managed care; Marketing; Medicaid; National Surveys; Pregnancy; Public Health; State Surveys; States (Political Subdivisions); Student Participation; United States - epidemiology; United States of America; Young Children; United States

Coverage under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) provides low-income children with a vital link to needed health care, yet a significant proportion of children eligible for these programs remain uninsured. States have found that expanding eligibility and marketi...