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March 3rd-4th, 2010

Conference Materials

• Agenda
• Participant List
• Resource List (HTML)
• Evaluation (HTML)

Session Slides and Handouts

Day 1: Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Communications and Messaging Workshop - 2:00-5:00pm
Ed Walz, Spitfire Strategies

• Messaging 101: Create Compelling Messages
  

Day 2: Thursday, March 4, 2010

Welcome and Introductions - 9:00-9:15am
Joan Alker, Georgetown Center for Children and Families (CCF)
Dana Ferrell, Florida Association of Children's Hospitals

Advancing Health Care Coverage: An Assessment of the Federal Landscape - 9:15-10:30am
Joan Alker, CCF
Jocelyn Guyer, CCF

• Health Coverage of Children and Parents
  
• Medicaid/CHIP Eligibility Levels for Children, Parents, Pregnant Women, and Childless Adults
  
• Enrollment and Renewal Procedures in Medicaid/CHIP for Children and Parents
  
• Alignment Between Programs: Are State Policies More Restrictive for Parents than Children?
  
• Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAPs)
  
• President Obama's Health Care Reform Proposal: Key Medicaid, CHIP, and Low-Income Provisions
  
• Children in Health Care Reform: Where Things Stand

State Fiscal Outlook: Preserving Investments in Medicaid and CHIP - 10:45am-12:00pm
Judy Solomon, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Tim Sweeney, Georgia Budget Project

• CHIP Allotments: What's Been Spent and What Remains?
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA): Fiscal Relief to States
  

Keynote Speaker: Connecting Kids to Coverage
Cindy Mann, Director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations

Policy Options for States: Moving Forward in Tough Times - 2:00-2:30pm
Tricia Brooks, CCF

• CHIP Tip: Citizenship Documentation Changes
  
• 10 Questions to Ask Your State About Citizenship Documentation in Medicaid and CHIP
• CHIP Tip: Medicaid Performance Bonus "5 of 8" Requirements
  
• State Implementation of Performance Bonus Provisions in CHIPRA
• States Covering Lawfully Residing Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women without a Five-Year Waiting Period
  
• Express Lane Eligibility: New Options Under CHIPRA
  

Reflections from the Region: Success Stories, Challenges and Opportunities - 3:45-5:15pm
Dana Ferrell, Florida Association of Children's Hospitals
Ruth Kennedy, LaCHIP Director, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
Adam Searing, Director North Carolina Justice Center Health Action Coalition

Closing and Next Steps