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Maximizing Enrollment for Kids: Making Medicaid and SCHIP Work

Maximizing Enrollment for Kids: Making Medicaid and SCHIP Work. Getting to the Finish Line July 17, 2008. The Enrollment Challenge. Total: 9.0 million uninsured children.

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Maximizing Enrollment for Kids: Making Medicaid and SCHIP Work

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  1. Maximizing Enrollment for Kids: Making Medicaid and SCHIP Work Getting to the Finish Line July 17, 2008

  2. The Enrollment Challenge Total: 9.0 million uninsured children Source: Dubay, L. (Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University) analysis of March 2005 Current Population Survey using July 2004 eligibility rules.

  3. Lessons Learned from CKF • State leadership and political will are critical • Greatest success when Medicaid and SCHIP officials with authority to make changes were involved • Simplification and coordination work • Evidence from case studies in Virginia and Arkansas • Infrastructure is needed • Infrastructure and systems facilitate enrollment and retention, or can create hurdles when inadequate to meet demand. Source: Wooldridge, J. “Making Health Care a Reality for Low-Income Children and Families” (Issue Brief). February 2007.

  4. NASHP: Working with States to Cover Children • More than 10 years of SCHIP • implementation work • 2006 meeting funded by RWJF • and David and Lucile Packard Foundations • Seven Steps Toward State Success in Covering Kids Continuously

  5. Retracing 7 Steps to Maximize Enrollment • Enrollment and renewal simplification • Community-based outreach • Technology • Agency culture • Leadership • Partnerships • Marketing strategies

  6. Program Basics • Up to 8 state grants • Up to $1,000,000 over 4 years • One proposal per state from State agency or office designated by Governor (DC included)

  7. Key Program Goals • Increase enrollment/retention rates • Improve state measurement capacity • Implement enduring policy changes • Demonstrate and disseminate best practices

  8. Diagnostic Assessment PEER LEARNING ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL Year 1 Improvement Plans Benchmarks Implement Strategies Measure Progress Years 2-4

  9. Program Resources and Activities • Diagnostic Assessment • Technical Assistance • Teleconference/Web conference calls • Site Visits • Annual Meetings • Evaluation

  10. Eligibility Criteria • State government agency* designated by Governor must: • Demonstrate executive branch leadership commitment • Commit to participation in key program areas: • Provide access to staff, documents, data for assessment • Work with TA team to create and implement new benchmarks • Engage in peer-to-peer learning • Collect and share data • Demonstrate cooperation and participation of state and local agencies with related responsibilities • * Agency with authority to implement policy changes

  11. Selection Criteria • Demonstrated Commitment • Data Sharing • External Stakeholder Support • Sustainability

  12. What we will fund • Personnel/consultants • Data collection/analysis • Convening • Travel • What we will not fund • Capital improvements/expenditures • Direct services • Lobbying

  13. Key Deadlines • Registration Deadline: June 24, 2008, 3:00 pm ET • Application Deadline*: August 6, 2008, 3:00 pm ET • *Proposals must be submitted online through Grantmaking Online.

  14. Timeline • Proposal review: August-September 2008 • Site visits: October-November 2008 • Notification: December 2008 • Grants begin: February 1, 2009

  15. For more information: • www.maxenroll.org • info@maxenroll.org • 202-507-7580

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