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  • New Study Findings on Mixed-Status Immigrant Families: Threat of Family Separation Affects Health of the Children

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    By Dinah Wiley With the focus in the Nation’s Capitol on immigration reform, concerns abound about border security and about the fate of the 11.1 million undocumented immigrants residing in the U.S.  But the current debates have focused little on the 4.5 million citizen children of undocumented parents who will also be greatly affected by…

  • Navigator and Assister Training Is Not a One Shot Deal

    Tricia Brooks

    Now that both state-based and the federally-facilitated marketplaces are well on their way to recruiting and selecting navigators, attention turns to training and support.  Effective training is critical to ensuring that the needs of consumers, particularly low-income, hard-to-reach and vulnerable populations, are met. But training is only one element of creating and supporting a high-functioning…

  • Annual 50-State Medicaid and CHIP Survey Shows Progress and Gaps

    Tricia Brooks

    For the third year, the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured teamed up with CCF to conduct an annual survey of state Medicaid and CHIP eligibility, enrollment, renewal, and cost-sharing practices. This year’s report, “Getting into Gear for 2014,” clearly shows that states continue to simplify and modernize Medicaid and CHIP in ways that…

  • First Focus and Save the Children Issue Report on America’s Children

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    Actress Jennifer Garner was joined on stage with former Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), First Focus President Bruce Lesley, and Save the Children Senior Vice President Mark Shriver on Wednesday, October 10th for the release of America’s Report Card 2012: Children in the United States, a national report card issued by First…

  • Data Helps Lead the Way to Reaching Uninsured Children

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    By Anna Strong, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families recently published an update on our state’s efforts to ensure that all children have health coverage.  The best news in “Crossing the Finish Line:  Cutting the Red Tape in 2011” is that, despite a recession and an increasing child poverty…