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State Children’s Health Insurance Program

Phase 1 Effective Date: April 1, 1998

Revised: 1/26/98, 2/19/98, 3/3/98, 3/6/98 Phase 2 Effective Date: July 1, 1998

Revised: 8/20/98, 8/24/98, 10/1/99, 7/28/00, 1/31/01, 7/02/02, 7/22/02, 1/3/03, 2/13/04, 9/27/04, 11/15/04, 8/11/05, 10/1/06, 7/1/09, 7/1/10, 7/1/11, 7/1/12 73 assistance and other support since July 2003. Currently the Covering Kids Coalition is focusing on expanding and diversifying its representation in order to focus on achieving the goals of Covering Kids and Families. The three goals are: coordination, simplification, and outreach. The coalition is striving to reach its goals in order obtain sustainability in outreach and increase enrollment and retention in Florida KidCare. One way to move towards achieving the goals is to focus on issues and changes in the program via sub-committees or workgroups. The five ad-hoc sub-committees are: rural health, business and workforce, community partnerships, process improvement, and special populations. The sub-committees evaluate the issues that relate to each of the workgroup's area and make recommendations to the Coalition as to how to address those issues and the next steps that need to be taken.

Since 2007, the Agency for Health Care Administration has contracted with the University of South Florida’s Covering Kids and Families (CKF) to develop outreach coalitions in target areas of the state and to build business partnerships to promote Florida KidCare. The Florida Healthy Kids Corporation also contracts with CKF to work with the local “Boots on the Ground” organizations, provide technical assistance and to develop partnerships within designated districts. Provider and Community Participation The initial outreach effort was implemented at the local level to reach potentially eligible families by training providers of services to low-income children to conduct outreach, distribute applications, and assist families with completing the application form and renewal process. CKF continues to support these activities by providing training and technical assistance. Community partners in this initial effort included: Schools Schools have a long-standing partnership the KidCare program. Applications are often sent home with children in those participating school districts at the beginning of the school year. School nurses and school social workers are an integral part of outreach in the school systems.

County Health County health departments (CHDs) and Departments & community health centers (CHCs), which Community Health include programs such as WIC and have Centers served as a health safety net for low-income families, see many families who may be potentially