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En Español - Seguro medico para niños
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North Carolina Partners

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North Carolina Division of Public Health, Women's and Children's Health Section, Children and Youth Branch - works to promote the Health Check/NC Health Choice program as part of it's mission to assure, promote and protect the health and development of infants, children and youth. The Branch places a major emphasis on the provision of preventive health services and administers several programs serving individuals who are developmentally disabled or chronically ill.

North Carolina Division of Medical Assistance (DMA) - manages Medicaid and NC Health Choice for Children programs for the state of North Carolina.

• Medicaid Provider webpages
• NC Health Choice Provider webpages
• Health Check (Medicaid) Consumer webpages
• NC Health Choice Consumer webpages

North Carolina Division of Social Services - determines applicant eligibility for Health Check (Medicaid) and
NC Health Choice. It promotes both programs as it assists individuals and families in need of basic economic support and services to become self-supporting and self reliant. -

North Carolina Pediatric Society - works to improve the health and well-being of children, their families and communities through the collective efforts of its members and provides an organization for member support, professional communication, education and fellowship.

NC Covering Kids advances social justice by promoting public health insurance for children in low income, working families. It supports equity by reducing disparities and improving access to services, thereby enhancing the lives of children, families and communities now and in the future.

Other North Carolina Organizations

Covenant with North Carolina's Children - is a coalition advancing public policy to benefit children in North Carolina.

North Carolina Institute of Medicine - is an independent, non-profit organization chartered by the N.C. General Assembly in 1983 to provide balanced, nonpartisan information and policy analysis on complex and often controversial health issues in our state.

• NC Health Choice Task Force Report 2003
• Health Insurance and Access Consumer Guides
• Latino Health Task Force Report

Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina - aims to build a network of individuals and agencies across the state to organize child abuse prevention efforts in their communities.

National Organizations

The Access Project (617-654-9911) - assists local communities in developing and sustaining efforts that improve health care access and promote universal coverage, with a focus on the uninsured.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (formerly the Health Care Financing Administration) - provides detailed information on state Medicaid plans, legislation, regulations, enrollment reports, related White House and department information and outreach.

Children's Defense Fund - national organization dedicated to child well being. Site includes information about national outreach campaigns for insuring children. Provides links to all state Child Health Insurance Programs (CHIP) and toll-free state numbers.

Families USA - The Medicaid Clearinghouse archives and distributes reports from national organizations that focus on access issues, insurance enrollment and outreach. Serves as a resource for information about immigration issues related to Medicaid and the Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Insure Kids Now - national outreach effort to enroll children in state child health insurance programs. Features audio and video messages in English and Spanish.

Kaiser Family Foundation - conducts research; provides statistics and analysis of health care issues for policy makers, the media, the health care community and the general public. Supports a commission dedicated to issues about Medicaid and the uninsured.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - sponsors Covering Kids, a national health access initiative for low-income, uninsured children. Provides grants that focus on outreach, simplification and coordination related to Child Health Insurance Programs (CHIP). Links to the Cover the Uninsured Week Web site, a national event sponsored by RWJF and 13 other national partner organizations. Provides access to materials, media resources and data regarding the uninsured.

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Last updated: January 2011