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Effective Outreach: Tools Of The Trade For Heading Back-To-School, Florida Covering Kids & Families
Effective Outreach: Tools Of The Trade For Heading Back-To-School, Florida Covering Kids & Families
Florida Covering Kids & Families
Effective marketing and education through outreach strategies are critical to guarantee uninsured but eligible children enroll and retain coverage in Children’s Health Insurance Programs, such as Florida KidCare. The implementation of effective outreach can eliminate enrollment barriers. The authors cite that the tools for innovative practices for effective outreach strategies include: personal contact and involvement with an outreach coalition.
Community-Based Coalitions: Influencing Policy & Practice, Florida Covering Kids & Families
Community-Based Coalitions: Influencing Policy & Practice, Florida Covering Kids & Families
Florida Covering Kids & Families
Simple approaches to outreach can increase enrollment in CHIP. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2010) found community-based coalitions can be simple yet effective methods to communicate needed policy and practice changes to those “charged with implementing insurance coverage”. Community-based coalitions are able to bring to light enrollment and retention barriers increasing the awareness of stakeholders and hopefully, help to create effective solutions.
School-Based Outreach: A Way In, Florida Covering Kids & Families
School-Based Outreach: A Way In, Florida Covering Kids & Families
Florida Covering Kids & Families
According to the Urban Institute, 3.4 million U.S. children aged 6-18 are eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but are uninsured. These school-aged children make up about 68% of the total eligible but uninsured population. Child and family advocates have long considered schools to be valuable partners for Florida KidCare outreach.