The federal government today awarded $1 million Pima Community Access Program, a low-cost health insurance program.
The award was part of $40 million in grants the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced for efforts to identify and enroll children eligible for Medicaid and the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program. Two-year grants were awarded to 39 state agencies, community health centers, school-based organizations and non-profit groups in 23 states.
Grant amounts range from $200,000 to $2.5 million with the largest grants going to the technology focus area. For a list of grantees, visit: http://www.insurekidsnow.gov/professionals/reports/chipra/CHIPRA-Cycle-II-Grant-Summaries.pdf
The Pima Community Access Program will work with fifteen partners in four counties (Pima, Santa Cruz, Pinal and Maricopa) to enroll and retain children in Medicaid using Health-e-Arizona, the online application.
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The aim is to engage Pima County schools with high percentages of children eligible for free school lunches and will focus on adolescents. Facebook and Twitter in English and Spanish are expected to be used to communicate with youths and their families. A total of 36 teens will be trained to conduct peer-to-peer outreach.
A new study just released by the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that, despite an increase in eligible children between 2008 and 2009, the total number of eligible but uninsured children declined from 4.7 million in 2008 to 4.3 million in 2009, in part due to outreach and enrollment efforts.
