Improving Processes and Increasing Efficiency: The Case for States Participating in a Process Improvement Collaborative

Examines the experiences of Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program agencies using a process change model to streamline procedures in order to enhance enrollment and retention. Looks at required factors, challenges, and promising practices

Deficit Reduction Act Citizenship Requirements Through the Eyes of Covering Kids & Families Grantees

Based on interviews, summarizes how grantees of RWJF's Covering Kids & Families initiative to increase Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program enrollment expect the 2005 proof-of-citizenship requirement for Medicaid to affect enrollment

Covering Kids & Families Evaluation: Expectations of Sustainability: What Do CKF Grantees and State Officials Predict Will Happen Once RWJF Funding Ends?

Based on a survey of CKF state grantees and Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program officials, examines prospects for continuing efforts to increase enrollment, factors contributing to survival, alternative funding sources, and priorities

Covering Kids & Families Evaluation: Improving Medicaid and SCHIP Through Simplification and Coordination

Based on a survey of CKF state grantees and Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program officials, outlines procedural simplifications and better coordination achieved to improve programs and increase enrollment, CKF's role, and contributing factors

Improving Public Coverage for Children: Lessons From CKF in Colorado

Reviews the impact of RWJF's Covering Kids & Families (CKF) grant on outreach for the state's Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program. Shares lessons on the role of advocates in monitoring the effects of policy and procedural changes

Improving Public Coverage for Children: Lessons From CKF in Washington

Reviews the impact of RWJF's Covering Kids & Families (CKF) grant on the state's enrollment and retention in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Shares lessons learned on advocacy, the programs' coalition model, and sustainability

On the Road to Universal Children's Health Coverage: An Update on the KidsWell Campaign

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in 2010, held great promise for expanding insurance coverage to millions of uninsured Americans. Starting in 2014, it expanded Medicaid eligibility to low-income adults with family income below 138 percent of the federal poverty level. It also offered premium subsidies to people with income up to four times the poverty level so they could purchase private insurance through federal or state health insurance exchanges. While most of those expected to gain insurance coverage for the first time are adults, children stand to gain as well, since children are more likely to have health care coverage when their parents do too (DeVoe et al. 2015). In 2014, about 3.9 million children were estimated to be eligible but not enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), representing roughly two-thirds of all uninsured children (Kaiser Family Foundation 2015). This brief looks at the KidsWell Campaign, a multilevel effort designed to ensure access to health insurance for all children. It summarizes evaluation findings on two research questions: (1) to what extent has state grantees' participation in KidsWell strengthened advocacy networks and capacities so far? and (2) which advocacy activities do grantees believe to be most effective in securing policy advances for children's health care coverage

Evaluation of Enroll America: An Implementation Assessment and Recommendations for Future Outreach Efforts

Families USA spearheaded formation of Enroll America in 2010 to identify newly eligible adults for enrollment in expanded health insurance coverage made possible by the Affordable Care Act. Mathematica is conducting a rigorous evaluation that includes qualitative and quantitative assessments. For its first outreach campaign, Enroll America built infrastructure in 11 states (Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas), training staff and engaging volunteers and local partners in outreach to consumers. Areas of recommendation for the second enrollment period include:Expand the number of consumer assistance counselors.Reconsider how resources are allocated in states that have geographically dispersed uninsured.Continue to place a high priority on seeking partnerships, especially with groups connected to key uninsured constituencies

KidsWell: Securing Coverage for Children by Advocating for the ACA

The expansion of Medicaid eligibility to low income adults and subsidies to purchase private insurance are arguably the most significant provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). To the extent these measures reduce rates of uninsured parents, they could also help to close the gap in children's coverage, 7.2 million of whom were uninsured in 2012 (Finegold 2013). States are on the front-line of ACA implementation: their success in enrolling uninsured parents and their children depends on the effectiveness of state policies and systems for operating one-stop shopping portals, conducting outreach to low income families, helping them apply for insurance, and creating consumer-friendly communication about families' coverage options and their costs. This brief examines how children's advocates in New Mexico and New York have tried to shape state decisions on ACA implementation policies and their achievements to date

Institutionalizing Outreach: A Review of Enroll America's Get Covered Academy Training Program

Mathematica Policy Research examined the implementation of Enroll America's Get Covered Academy training program during the third open enrollment period to describe and assess the training and follow-up support delivered and to understand partners' ability to implement, use, and institutionalize Enroll America's strategies and tools. The findings in this report are based on interviews with Enroll America staff and a sample of Academy participants in spring 2016