See also:
- Almanac of Policy Issues: CHIP - Background information and links on the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
- American Public Health Association: SCHIP and Public Health - SCHIP page of APHA, the oldest and largest organization of public health professionals.
- Children's Health Matters - Outreach program that facilitates enrollment of children in Medicaid and other insurance programs
- Covering Kids - National health access initiative for low-income, uninsured children, offering information on child health outreach, enrollment, and simplification strategies.
- Families USA - Provides advocacy for consumers of family health care by acting as a watchdog over children's payer programs
- FAMIS, Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan - FAMIS is Virginia's new low-cost health insurance for children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but do not have private health insurance.
- Health Care Financing Administration: CHIP - Official federal site devoted to the Children's Health Insurance Program.
- Insure Kids Now - A White House initiative managed by the Department of Health and Human Services to insure America's children.
- Maine Children with Special Health Needs Program - Program provides financial assistance for a childs medical care provided by specialists. Features state eligibility criteria, services, and contact information.
- Maryland Covering Kids - Maryland Covering Kids aids enrollment of children into public and private health insurance through outreach activities.
- Maternal & Child's Health Policy - Specializes in issues affecting children, including those with special health care needs and those from low-income families.
- National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health - Research center at Georgetown University. This site includes issue papers on outreach and CHIP.
- Pee Dee Healthy Start Inc South Carolina - A prevention program in response to high infant mortality rates, low birth weight babies, inadequate health care for women of child bearing age and their families in rural areas in SC.
- SD Children's Special Health Services - Use this page to find out about diagnostic, consultative, and care coordination services for children with special health care needs, including financial assistance
- West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition - A diverse group of individuals, agencies and organizations, both private and public, committed to improving access to quality health care for West Virginia’s children and families.
Media publications
- Children's Health Care - An estimated 10 million children have no medical insurance. Online NewsHour Transcript with Elizabeth Farnsworth and two health care experts. (Published 1997.08.27)