Center for Children and Families

(10/2/08)

CCF Releases New Child and Family Coverage Tools

The Strategy Center in the CCF State Resource Center offers practical strategies and tools for moving forward in covering America’s children and families. New issue briefs explore family coverage, cost sharing for children, 12-month continuous eligibility, and waiting periods.

Strategy Center

(9/19/08)

CCF Report: Nineteen States Moved Forward in 2008

Many states are moving forward to cover children and some are closing in on the finish line, ensuring that all children have the health coverage they need. Clearly, however, with more than 8 million uninsured children in the country and the weak economy threatening coverage for a growing number of America’s families, much more needs to be done. 

States Moving Forward: Children's Health Coverage in 2007-08

(9/9/08)

Putting Out the Welcome Mat Brings in Already-Eligible Children

A new fact sheet by the Center for Children and Families reports data from four states, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, that have recently expanded eligibility. The new data indicates that “putting out the welcome mat” and offering affordable coverage options through public programs to a broad array of uninsured children in a state can have a powerful effect on the enrollment of already-eligible uninsured children. 

Putting Out the Welcome Mat: Implications of Coverage Expansions for Already-Eligible Children • Press Release
 

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