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Model Application Template for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program

Effective Date:

Approval Date: September 19, 2002 24 7) School districts will be recruited for identifying children likely to be eligible for health benefits coverage, and wherever possible, offsite enrollment, according to the school census of the number of children receiving free and reduced cost lunch. This will be coordinated with Project Success and School Attendance Initiative sites.

8) Special efforts will be made to identify eligible:

a) migrant children through community agencies such as the Illinois Migrant Council or migrant health clinics; b) homeless children through community-based organizations such as those who provide shelter or emergency food services, and clinics which target these populations; c) children with special health care needs through the Division of Specialized Care for Children and through children’s hospitals; and, d) children in rural areas through the efforts of county health departments, rural health clincs and FQHCs.

9) Community-based organizations will be asked to disseminate information about the program and the referral process to potentially eligible families. These organizations include, but are not limited to:

• Project SUCCESS sites; • Places of worship; • Day care facilities, Child Care Resource and Referral Networks; • Early Intervention sites; • Head Start, Early Head Start sites; • Community-based organizations (YWCA, etc.); and • DPA’s Neighborhood Education Contractors

10) Other efforts to promote the program will include a program fact sheet and a provider notice explaining the new eligibility levels and a listing of enrollment sites.

In addition to the tasks already described, Illinois is conducting an outreach campaign to increase public awareness of the State’s health care programs for children. The campaign has been developed with the assistance of the Outreach Advisory Committee. This committee includes representatives from social services agencies, churches,