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

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6. Pilot the use of eligibility for the free lunch program as a determination of presumptive eligibility for KidCare Assist;

7. Establish edudcational partnerships to assist the State in promoting public awareness of KidCare. Such partnerships will include Americorp and Vista programs, Headstart programs, Project Success (a program that coordinates social services through local schools), and coordination with the Illinois Departments of Human Services, Commerce and Community Affairs, Aging, Natural Resources, Revenue, and the State offices of Secretary of State, Attorney General and Comptroller, as well and through legislative offices.

8. Therefore, the Department may release a Request for Proposals to contract with multiple entities to identify and implement creative outreach strategies to locate and enroll identified hard-to-reach populations that may be eligible for KidCare and Medicaid. If implemented, the Department will provide multiple small grants for this project and has committed up to $500,000 in total spending. Hard-to-reach populations that may be targeted through these grants include:

a) Children in families with limited English proficiency and other language barriers such as illiteracy; b) Children with special needs. This includes children who are visually impaired, hearing impaired, and children with other chronic conditions such as emotionally, physically, or developmentally challenged children; c) Families who are difficult to reach because of various cultural barriers; d) Families who have multiple jobs; e) Families whose members are healthy and are, therefore, not motivated to apply for health insurance coverage; f) Families residing in rural areas of the State where medical provider services are limited or non-existent; g) Migrant children; h) Homeless children; and i) Other hard-to-reach populations that may be defined by the contractors.

9. Effective April 12, 1999, the State began reimbursing KidCare Application Agents $50 for each completed KidCare application