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Foundation to Provide Funds to Insure Virginia’s Kids
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced a new four-year, $15 million initiative designed to increase enrollment and retention of eligible children in public health insurance programs such as Medicaid and the states' Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). More than nine million children in the U.S. are uninsured and more than seven million are eligible for either Medicaid or CHIP but are not enrolled in either program. To boost the number of children with health coverage, the foundation's Maximizing Enrollment for Kids program will provide funding and technical support to departments of health in Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Virginia will receive up to $1 million and significant technical assistance through the initiative to help assess and strengthen their systems, policies, and procedures as they develop new strategies and approaches to maximize enrollment among eligible children.
Published on Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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