Strategic partnerships for outreach and enrollment: Filling in insurance gaps for Florida's military children and families.

Military-provided health insurance does not adequately cover children with special needs and children of veterans. Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) can help eliminate insurance gaps, if promoted within the military community. This manuscript describes a Military Outreach Program to educate and reach Florida military families about insurance.

Developing a Framework to Promote Children's Health Insurance Enrollment in Florida.

Florida Covering Kids & Families (FL-CKF) at the University of South Florida's Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies advocates for uninsured children and promotes outreach and enrollment in the state's children's health insurance program, Florida KidCare. FL-CKF facilitates the development of local coalitions to reach children and families throughout the state. Coalitions are provided with one-on-one training and a wide array of tools to increase effectiveness such as coalition-building resources, membership guides, and assistance in building strong local partnerships.

Improving Data, Enhancing Enrollment: Florida Covering Kids & Families CHIPRA Data System.

Purpose: According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (2014), 502,866 (11.7 %) of Florida children under 19 years of age are uninsured, giving Florida the second largest number of uninsured children in the United States. Florida Covering Kids & Families (FL-CKF) is dedicated to developing innovative outreach methods for enrolling and retaining eligible children in Florida KidCare, the state's Children's Health Insurance Program.

Implementing the Florida KidCare open enrollment communications campaign: a framework for mobilizing community partners to reduce the number of uninsured children.

Florida ranks third among states with the lowest children's insurance coverage, due to constraints such as language barriers, multiple programs, documentation requirements, limited outreach, and short enrollment periods. In November 2004, Florida announced a 30-day children's health insurance enrollment period for January 2005 following an 18-month closure. This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a communication plan creating coalitions between community partners, government agencies, and child advocacy groups to inform families.