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providers, human service agencies, school districts, and community leaders to discuss the health care needs of under-served children in their community and to learn how KCHIP can help. Places of worship and civic groups will be given the opportunity to host informational meetings and provide their membership with KCHIP materials.

Outreach and training sessions on KCHIP eligibility will be conducted for the staff of county public health departments, county social services employees, WIC coordinators, Medicaid case workers, family resource center staff, school nurses, providers, the Commission for Children With Special Health Care Needs, etc.

5) Outreach through Regional Health and Social Service Agencies KCHIP information will be available at community-based health care providers including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSHs), community mental health centers, family planning clinics, rural health centers, school based health centers, and residency program family medicine centers.

6) Outreach through Other State Children’s Programs KCHIP continues to coordinate with the following programs to promote KCHIP: school free and reduced school meal program; Special Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC); Commodity Supplemental Foods Program (CSFP); the Commission for Children With Special Health Care Needs; or other public health services. With the cooperation of the county level staff, all children in such a family who are under age 19 can enroll in KCHIP or Medicaid on one short application form.

First Steps is Kentucky’s Early Intervention System (KEIS) that serves children birth to age three who have a developmental delay or a particular medical condition that is known to cause a developmental delay. First Steps services are provided statewide and coordinated by the lead agency, Cabinet for Health Services. First Steps has intake coordinators and primary service coordinators in all 15 Area Development Districts. The intake coordinators work closely with local Department for Community Based Services offices when they receive referrals to ensure coordination of outreach with families who may be eligible for Medicaid. Primary service coordinators work with families who are potentially Medicaid eligible to have eligibility determined.

Outreach for the KCHIP and Medicaid will continue to be conducted through Resource Persons and the newly established HANDS (Health Access; Nurturing Developmental Services) programs, home visitation programs for newborns, administered through local health departments. The Resource Persons and HANDS programs will be combined into one program. Home visitors give new parents KCHIP and Medicaid program brochures and answer questions of new parents. Visitors call parents at times coinciding with the child’s immunization schedule to