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Almanac of Policy Issues: CHIP Background information and links on the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). http://www.policyalmanac.org/health/chip.shtml

Covering Kids & Families National health access initiative for low-income, uninsured children, offering information on child health outreach, enrollment, and simplification strategies. http://coveringkidsandfamilies.org/

Families USA Provides advocacy for consumers of family health care by acting as a watchdog over children's payer programs http://www.familiesusa.org

FAMIS, Family Access to Medical Insurance Security Plan FAMIS is Virginia's new low-cost health insurance for children whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but do not have private health insurance. http://www.famis.org

Insure Kids Now A White House initiative managed by the Department of Health and Human Services to insure America's children. http://www.insurekidsnow.gov/

Maryland Covering Kids Maryland Covering Kids aids enrollment of children into public and private health insurance through outreach activities. http://www.umaryland.edu/ckids/

Maternal & Child's Health Policy Specializes in issues affecting children, including those with special health care needs and those from low-income families. http://www.mchpolicy.org

National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health Research center at Georgetown University. Issue papers on outreach and CHIP. http://www.ncemch.org/

SD Children's Special Health Services Use this page to find out about diagnostic, consultative, and care coordination services for children with special health care needs, including financial assistance http://doh.sd.gov/FamilyHealth/child.aspx

West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition A diverse group of individuals, agencies and organizations, both private and public, committed to improving access to quality health care for West Virginia’s children and families. http://www.wvhealthykids.org/

Children's Health Care An estimated 10 million children have no medical insurance. Online NewsHour Transcript with Elizabeth Farnsworth and two health care experts. (August 27, 1997) http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec97/healthcare_8-25a.html