West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition

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2010 Growing Health Children: Health Care Reform Summit

The 6th Annual Growing Healthy Children Conference: The Health Care Reform Summit held  August 30-31, 2010 was a complete success. Sessions focused on the recent health care reform legislation and what it means in West Virginia. The summit brought some of the most insightful experts on health care policy to Charleston, WV.

• Visit the conference website.
• View and download conference proceedings

Enter the WVCHIP Video Contest!

Open to middle and high school kids and eligible groups.  Make a short YouTube video promoting the Children's Health Insurance Program.  Win prizes!  Read more

Our Mission

We are individuals, private organizations, and state agencies working to improve the health of children and families in West Virginia. We provide a forum for diverse organizations to discuss, coordinate and collaborate on issues that improve the health and well-being of West Virginia children.

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2010 Spring Forward for Child Health

Our first Spring Forward for Child Health program is underway! The West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition is reaching out to churches across the state in an effort to inform churches about child health in West Virginia, promote “best child health policies and best child health practices,” and to provide a way for churches to have a tangible impact on child health.

To learn more about children and oral health, and what you can do to “Spring Forward for Child Health,” look at this flyer and read this insert.

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W. Va. Kids and Oral Health

The West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families Coalition is  focusing strongly this year on oral health for children and is an active partner in West Virginia Partners for Oral Health.  Childhood caries is most common among children in low-income families. Untreated chronic oral infection can contribute to a lifetime of poor health including diabetes and heart disease -- these are serious and growing problems in West Virginia.

Guide to Health Care Reforms

West Virginians for Affordable Health Care has released “A Guide to National Health Care Reform and What it means for West Virginia.”  The Guide covers topics such as increasing health insurance coverage, insurance reform, and paying for health care reform.  The guide can be found in at the West Virginians for Affordable Health Care website along with a two page summary of health care reform and information on health care reforms implemented in 2010 and changes in Medicare.

Baucus wishes CHIP Happy Birthday from Senate Floor

The Children's Health Insurance Program turned 13 on August 5,2010.  Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) marked the occasion by reflecting on the history of the program and addressing its future role with a statement from the senate floor .

The Healthy Kids and Families Coalition would like to celebrate CHIP's birthday by hearing from families who have been impacted by this program. If you know of someone who could speak or write to this, please e-mail Jeff Allen or call him at 304-344-3141.