Georgia's Utilization Minigrant Program: promoting Medicaid/CHIP outreach.

J Health Care Poor Underserved

Georgia Health Policy Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 3992, Atlanta, GA 30302-3992, USA.

Published: November 2010

Funded community-based organizations improved utilization of children's health services by developing innovative staffing patterns, creating new data systems for scheduling appointments and maintaining records, and forging new collaborative relationships to leverage financial support. These strategies were rooted in collaboration with community-based organizations, health care providers, and the state Medicaid agency.

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