$40 Million in Grants are available to Help Insure More Children
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced the availability of up to $40 million in grants to help reach families whose children qualify but are not yet enrolled in state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs (CHIP). In Alabama that includes both ALL Kids and Medicaid. MASA was a partner in the effort to have Alabama the first state to implement SCHIP in 1998 and continues to support state funding for AllKids. The deadline to apply is Aug. 6, 2009. Read more
Tool helps find health insurance options
The Alabama Black Belt Commission Committee on Health and the Alabama Department of Public Health have developed on on-line tool to help employers, families and individuals find heath insurance options available in Alabama. Included on the Web site is a Health Benefits Tax Savings Calculator for Employees, to help employees discover the tax savings advantages of participating in employer-sponsored health plan.
http://healthinsurance.alabama.gov
Covering Alabama's Kids and Families
The Covering Alabama's Kids and Families website provides information on programs available in Alabama to cover the uninsured. The All Kids program, in partnership with CAKF, has produced a short video about healthcare coverage for teens and children in Alabama. To view the video or to learn more about this effort go to http://www.adph.org/CAKF/.
All Kids, medicaid, and the child caring foundation
For more information, eligiblity requirements or to apply for SOBRA Medicaid, All Kids and the Child Caring Foundation, go towww.adph.org/AllKids.
For more information on these and other medical assistance programs go to
http://www.medicaid.alabama.gov/apply/apply_application.aspx?tab=3