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Dear Governor Ducey: Unfreeze KidsCare

Arizona Grantmakers Forum

By: Laurie Liles

March 23, 2016

Laurie Liles published a letter she sent to the Governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, requesting him to unfreeze KidsCare. The letter provided evidence with the objectives that restoring KidsCare coverage would accomplish: healthier children doing better in school and having a better future, and improvement in their economy.

Healthy children perform better in school and become successful adults. A recent study from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families found that children who benefited from health coverage were less likely to drop out of high school, more likely to graduate from college and earn higher incomes as adults.

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