Healthy Children Are Ready To Learn: Promoting Health Insurance for Your Students. A Step-by-Step Guide for School Districts.

Institution	Department of Education, Washington, DC.; Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.; Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
Titel	Healthy Children Are Ready To Learn: Promoting Health Insurance for Your Students. A Step-by-Step Guide for School Districts.
Quelle	(2000), (67 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Adolescents; Agency Cooperation; Child Health; Children; Elementary Secondary Education; Enrollment; Family School Relationship; Health Insurance; Outreach Programs; Program Descriptions; Program Implementation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Child; Kind; Kinder; Einschulung; Krankenversicherung; Jobcoaching
Abstract	Health problems impede the academic performance of many children. Schools are in a unique position to help their state's Medicaid and children's health insurance programs connect with parents who lack health insurance for their children. This guide provides suggestions for identifying eligible children, informing parents of free or low-cost insurance programs, and referring parents to their state's insurance program. Designed to help school districts participate in the outreach effort, the guide offers plans for several levels of involvement, from supporting the outreach efforts of others to conducting their own campaign. Part 1 of the guide outlines how schools can make health insurance available to students through: (1) distributing information about health insurance for children and adolescents; (2) identifying children who need health insurance; and (3) partnering with other agencies to secure health insurance for students. Part 2 lists resources for finding more information on developing health insurance outreach programs, including state contacts for Medicaid and state children's health insurance programs. Part 3 of the guide contains numerous tools, such as sample letters, tips on implementation, and prototype documents to support a district's selected outreach approach. (KB)
Anmerkungen	Health Care Financing Administration, 7500 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 (HCFA Pub. No. 02196). Tel: 410-786-3414; e-mail: mschmerler@hcfa.gov; Web site: http://www.insurekidsnow.gov.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC