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

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Approval Date: 12 System staff also plan to schedule meetings with the Indian Chicano Center, the Urban Indian Health Center, and in Western Nebraska - NAF, Panhandle Community Services Health Center, Northwest Community Action, and the Mark Monroe Health Center. Please refer to Section 9.9, specifically the sections regarding outside meetings in which HHSS staff have participated. HHSS staff have traveled to a wide variety of locations to meet with a broad range of organizations and interests to begin discussing the outreach needs for this program.

2.2.2. The steps the state is currently taking to identify and enroll all uncovered children who are eligible to participate in health insurance programs that involve a public-private partnership: Currently there is no public private partnership providing coverage for Nebraska children.

2.3. Describe the procedures the state uses to accomplish coordination of SCHIP with other public and private health insurance programs, sources of health benefits coverage for children, and relevant child health programs, such as title V, that provide health care services for low-income children to increase the number of children with creditable health coverage. (Previously 4.4.5.) (Section 2102)(a)(3) and 2102(c)(2) and 2102(b)(3)(E)) (42CFR 457.80(c))

Phase II of the Title XXI plan will expand eligibility for children through age 18 up to 185% of the federal poverty level. The outreach efforts currently employed by the agency will be continued or enhanced. Also refer to Section 9.9.

Promotional materials will be developed and provided to community agencies, schools, and local offices to use to outreach to families. Several options are being considered for a toll-free help line for this program. Other health/medical help lines will be targeted to receive Kids Connection information to include in their inventory of information on financial resources.

Title V/MCH Block Grant community-based grantees are planning their programs for the upcoming year with Kids Connection in mind. As providers of services geared toward low-income and uninsured families, these grantees want to assure they are able to do their part to recruit uninsured children where they live, play, and go to school and church. Dialogue regarding Kids Connection has been ongoing between state-level Title V staff and their grantees since last fall to help educate community-level programs on this new program and their role in it. Three grantees have even held community forums to begin discussing and educating themselves on the impact this program can have on their community. Title V grantees have also contacted each other to find out strategies that they will be using to reach out to this growing uninsured population of children to assure the success of Kids