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

Effective Date:

Approval Date: 12 deductible package. Premium rates are based on deductible plan, age, sex, area of the state, and smoking status. Effective January 1, 2004 the Pool’s rates were set at two times the Standard Rate. At present, premiums for children to age 18 range from $121 per month to $549 per month. Benefits include inpatient and outpatient care and are limited to $1.5 million over a lifetime. Children are eligible for Pool coverage, either as eligible Pool applicants or as dependents of eligible Pool applicants.

The Community Access To Child Health (CATCH) Program is a program of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) designed to improve access to health care by supporting pediatricians and communities that are involved in community-based efforts for children. The CATCH program provides pediatricians with training; technical assistance and resources; peer support and networking opportunities; and funding opportunities. A variety of funding opportunities are available, including implementation funds, planning funds, and resident funds. The Implementation Funds program supports pediatricians in the initial and/or pilot stage of developing and implementing a community-based child health initiative. Implementation funds are supported by Hasbro Children’s Foundation, Ronald McDonald House of Charities, CVS Pharmacy, and AAP. The Planning Funds program offers grants to pediatricians to develop community-based initiatives that increase children’s access to medical homes or to specific health services not otherwise available. The program is supported by a grant from Wyeth, with additional support provided by the AAP Friends of Children Fund, and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Foundation. Resident funds are available for pediatric residents planning community-based child health initiatives, and are supported by grants from the Irving Harris Foundation and the AAP Friends of Children Fund, with additional support provided by the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Foundation. Projects have included providing health care services for children living in the colonias (rural developments along the Texas- Mexico border which frequently may not have basic amenities such as running water) and case management for very low birth weight babies.

The Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program is a collaborative grant of the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau and the American Academy of Pediatrics for local entities, such as local health departments, county hospital districts, and community health centers that are supported in part with state funds to increase access of mothers and children to health services. Projects include providing direct health care, prevention of sexually transmitted disease among minority youth, and improving the health status of medically indigent, low birth weight infants.

Two public programs identify children who could benefit from a