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Maximizing Child Health Coverage Depends on Establishing an Effective System for Reallocating Unspent SCHIP Funds.
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Guyer, Jocelyn – 2000
This paper describes the State Children's Health Insurance Program's (SCHIP's) financing system, examining two alternatives under consideration for changing the system of redistributing unspent SCHIP funds. Section 1 presents background on SCHIP's financing structure (it is a block grant program, each state's share of federal SCHIP funds is…
Descriptors: Child Health, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Financial Support
Selected States Have a New Opportunity to Use More of Their SCHIP Funds for Outreach: Roughly 23 States Now Have More Than $100 Million in Federal SCHIP Matching Funds Available To Help Boost Enrollment.
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Broaddus, Matthew; Guyer, Jocelyn; Ross, Donna Cohen – 2001
States originally had until September 30, 2000 to spend their first year of funds under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) or else lose any unspent funds. Funds remaining unused after 3 years were to be reallocated to states that had spent their SCHIP funds before the deadline. Only 12 states met the deadline, with many states…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Child Health, Children, Federal Legislation