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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 program.

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 program.

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 assistanc.

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.

Children's Health Care - - An estimated 10 million children have no medical insurance. Online NewsHour Transcript with Elizabeth Farnsworth and two health care experts. (August 27, 1997)