One of the goals of CHIPRA was to ensure that no state would be at risk of exhausting the federal funding needed to cover uninsured children through its CHIP program. Recent data show that the legislation is working as intended, as states have had the federal resources they need to sustain and strengthen their CHIP programs over the past year, even as more and more families have lost their jobs and turned to CHIP for affordable coverage. Although state policymakers may face challenges raising the state share of CHIP costs that they are expected to cover due to their budget crises, federal funding is proving to be sufficient.