LINKS to Web Sites Fostering Child and Family Health
 

WV Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
CHIP administers the delivery of free health insurance coverage for West Virginia children.

 

WV Early Childhood Health Project

The Early Childhood Health Project is a collaboration of individuals and agencies working together to improve the health and safety of young children while in out-of-home care settings in West Virginia.  The website offers information and resources for implementing and promoting health and safety standards.

Covering Kids & Families (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)

Covering Kids and Families works to reduce the number of uninsured children and adults who are eligible for public health care coverage programs but not enrolled. Covering Kids & Families operates through statewide projects in 45 states and the District of Columbia and more than 140 local community projects. In addition, 5 states have CKF liaison grants that provide opportunities to participate in the national CKF initiative.

Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Campaign

The Start Healthy, Stay Healthy campaign is a national outreach effort conducted by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a private, nonprofit research and policy organization based in Washington, D.C. The campaign enlists a wide array of community-based organizations, health and human services providers, advocacy groups, program administrators and others to identify children from low-income working families who may be eligible for free or low-cost health insurance programs. The campaign also promotes coordination between newly enacted state child health insurance programs and Medicaid to ensure that children are not in danger of being left without coverage.
 

West Virginians for Affordable Health Care

A groups of diverse West Virginians concerned with rising health care costs in West Virginia. WVAHC does public policy research, lobbies the West Virginia Legislature, interacts with the Governor of West Virginia and agency heads, educates the public about matters that affect health care costs, and publishes newsletters and promote conferences on health care.

Insure Kids Now

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services site that links the nation's children to health insurance.

 

U.S. Census Bureau Health Insurance Data
The authoritative source for health insurance data from the census.

 

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
The DHHR administers many programs that benefit the health of the citizens of West Virginia.

 

West Virginia Bureau for Medical Services (Medicaid)
The Bureau for Medical Services operates the WV Medicaid program.  Their vision is to assure access to appropriate, medically necessary quality health care, to make the Bureau user friendly for providers and beneficiaries, and to improve the health of West Virginians by focusing on preventive care.

 

Shenandoah-Potomac Regional Health Care Center

This community site gives you and your family easy access to area healthcare services and information. Currently, the Regional Health Resource Center has information on nine counties in West Virginia and several counties of Western Maryland.

 

National Initiative for Children's Health Care Quality

We know what outstanding health care for children looks like. But, too often, we busy practitioners don't apply what we know.  NICHQ’s goal is to close the gap between what we know and what we do, and to provide the best care for all children, all of the time. Collaboration is the cornerstone of our approach to improving care.
 

Action for Healthy Kids

Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK) is a nationwide initiative dedicated to improving the health and educational performance of children through better nutrition and physical activity in schools. This effort represents a response to our nation's epidemic of overweight, sedentary, and undernourished children and adolescents. AFHK is composed of 51 State Teams, including one for West Virginia, and a national coordinating and resource group.  

 

Day One
The Day One project is an early intervention and parenting education program with active centers at several West Virginia hospitals.