Helping Families Find Affordable Children’s Health Insurance: A Local Official’s Guide – List of Resources
Helping Families Find Affordable Children’s Health
Insurance: A Local Official’s Guide
www.ca-ilg.org/InsureKids/OnlineResourceGuide
Page 7 of the guide
Frequently Asked Questions
3. What are the income levels for families whose children may
be eligible for no- or low-cost health insurance?
2009 Federal Poverty Levels
Insurance
Overview
6. How can I access
materials to assist communities that want to develop a program to
enroll children in no- or low-cost health insurance?
Page 10 of the guide
2. Invite Health Plans to Community Events to Provide
Information and Follow-Up for Families
The Online Resource Center provides sample referral cards for
agencies to use.
English Referral Cards
Spanish Referral Cards
Page 12 of the guide
4. Work with an Outside Certified Application Assistant
To Help Families Complete the Application .
Page 14 of the guide
6. Assign an Agency Staff Member to Become a Certified
Application Assistant.
Page 16 of the guide
9. Collaborate With Schools
Teachers for
Healthy Kids offers an excellent resource for working with
teachers and schools.
Page 17 of the guide
Templates and
Resources: Helpful Materials You Can Use in
Your Community
Page 18 of the guide
Insurance Overview
Information
about the Healthy Kids Program Eligibility Requirements
Page 22 of the guide
Tips for Working With Schools
4. Remember these key facts
Flyers and communication to parents may need to be translated
into other languages.
The Insure Kids Online Resource Center has templates
for brochures and flyers that can be used.
5. Find out whether Teachers for Healthy
Kids can offer assistance
Page 23 of the guide
Working with Health Insurance Providers
Key Tips for Working With Health Plans And Children’s Health
Initiatives
Is there a Children’s Health Initiative in your area?
Check to see if
a Children’s Health Initiative is operating in your county.
Page 34 of the guide
Information for Communities Outside
California
Insurance Overview for Other States
Additional information about individual states’ version of SCHIP
is available from the Foundation
for Health Care Coverage Education.
Income Eligibility Requirements
The SCHIP Map from the Foundation for Health Care Coverage
Education shows each state’s SCHIP program income limits for a
family of four.
Page 36 of the guide
How National Health-Care Reform May Affect Coverage for
Kids
Resources
for Additional Information
