Publications

Children Falling Through the Health Insurance Cracks: Early Observations and Promising Strategies for Keeping Low-Income Children Covered by Medi-Cal & Healthy Families

By Kristen Testa, Larissa Mohamadi, Dawn Horner, Wendy Lazarus, Jayleen Richards, and Len Finocchio
January 2003

This report by The Children's Partnership and Children Now, as part of the 100% Campaign, offers promising strategies, including renewal through other public programs, for keeping California's low-income children covered by Medicaid/SCHIP (Medi-Cal and Healthy Families in California).

Download the report (PDF, 1 MB).

Terms:Dawn Horner, Health , Kristen Golden Testa, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Wendy Lazarus

The Majority of California's Low-Income Uninsured Children Are Enrolled in the School Lunch Program:

By Dawn Horner and Holly Kenny
December 2002

This eight-page Issue Brief reports on the estimates and characteristics of the California children who stand to benefit from Express Lane Eligibility.

Download the brief (PDF, 488 KB).

Terms:Dawn Horner, Express Lane / ELE, Health

Healthy Families: Health Insurance Through One Door

By Dawn Horner and Wendy Lazarus
March 2001

HealthyFamPic A report developed by The Children's Partnership as part of the 100% Campaign, a coordinated effort with Children Now and the Children's Defense Fund. It provides recommendations for creating a unified health insurance program for California's children and their parents.

Download the report (PDF, 150 KB).

Terms:Dawn Horner, Health , Wendy Lazarus

Putting Express Lane Eligibility into Practice: A Briefing Book and Guide for Enrolling Uninsured Children Who Receive Other Public Benefits into Medicaid And CHIP

By Dawn Horner, Beth Morrow, Wendy Lazarus, and Andy Schneider | November 2000

Terms:Beth Morrow, Dawn Horner, Express Lane / ELE, Health , Wendy Lazarus

WIC: A Door to Health Care for California’s Children

By Roxana Barillas and Dawn Horner
July 2000

WICPic This publication by The Children’s Partnership and California WIC Association examines ways to make the WIC and the Medicaid/SCHIP (Medi-Cal/Healthy Families) connection work more effectively to increase the number of insured WIC-enrolled children in California.

Download the publication (PDF, 122 KB).

Terms:Dawn Horner, Health , Medicaid/Medi-Cal

Express Lane Eligibility: How to Enroll Large Groups of Uninsured Children in Medicaid and CHIP

By Dawn Horner, Wendy Lazarus, and Beth Morrow
December 1999

ELEHowtoEnroll This strategy brief provides a general overview of the issue of Express Lane Eligibility. It examines how states can utilize programs such as food stamps to help find and enroll the roughly 7 million uninsured American children eligible for health insurance.

Download the brief (PDF, 93 KB).

Terms:Beth Morrow, Dawn Horner, Express Lane / ELE, Health , Wendy Lazarus

Reaching 100% of California's Children with Affordable Health Insurance: A Strategic Audit of Activi

By Dawn Horner, Wendy Lazarus, Marsha McCready, and Beth Morrow
September 1998

Reaching100Pic A report developed by The Children's Partnership under the auspices of the 100% Campaign, a coordinated effort with Children Now and the Children's Defense Fund. It presents the public and private sector opportunities, barriers and best strategies for expanding coverage to all of California's uninsured children.

Download the report (PDF, 344 KB).