Membership Information
What is the National Covering Kids & Families (NCKF) Network?
The NCKF Network plays a critical intermediary role between national, state, and local policymakers and consumers by maximizing outreach, enrollment, retention, and utilization in health coverage programs. NCKF Network is a diverse group of local, state and national organizations that promote policies and best practices to enroll and retain children and their families into public coverage programs. Specifically, the Network:
- Provides technical assistance within the network and to policymakers based on best practices to strengthen and transform the capacity of states and communities;
- Educates decision makers;
- Offers a clearinghouse of resources;
- Actively supports the expansion of quality health care coverage
- Create greater public awareness about the issues; and
- Mobilizes grassroots network of frontline providers and families.
How Do I Join?
The NCKF Network is open to community-based organizations, state and local public agencies, national organizations, children’s advocacy groups, coalitions, associations, providers, and individuals working toward quality healthcare coverage, expansion, outreach, simplification, and coordination. To become a member, we ask that you:
Complete the membership form
Sign-up to participate in a committee to advance our work together:
- Policy and Education: Develop and coordinate educational opportunities and strategies to facilitate sharing of best practices, lessons learned, and policy updates and to build the NCKF Network’s capacity to advance the priorities as determined by the full membership. Develop and implement the NCKF Network’s health coverage policy agenda that supports the Goals and reflects priorities as determined by full membership.
- Communications and Membership: Develop tools, activities, and capacity to meet both internal and external NCKF Network communications needs. Recruit, retain and evaluate membership to ensure broad-based regional and organizational representation and member satisfaction.
By joining the NCKF Network, you are making a commitment to actively participate in building and maintaining the next generation of Covering Kids and Families. Through your contributions, the NCKF Network will strengthen and expand its efforts to advance healthcare coverage and equal access to high quality healthcare.
What Are the Membership Benefits?
The NCKF Network facilitates the following member benefits:
- Teleconferences/Webinars: to learn about urgent and emerging issues and participate in collective expertise to bridge policy with state and local practices
- Resources for Building Capacity: to access other members skills and assets, leadership and educational opportunities; real life perspectives; and common strategies for mobilizing and advancing best practices and policy; and subscription to the periodic electronic NCKF Newsletter
- Networking: to keep members informed via e-mail announcements and resources posted on NCKF partner Center for Children and Families Web site
