Maximizing Kids’ Enrollment in Medicaid and SCHIP: What Works in Reaching, Enrolling, and Retaining Eligible Children

February, 2009 This report, by Victoria Wachino and Alice M. Weiss, examines strategies to increase enrollment of eligible children in public health coverage programs. This report is a product of the Maximizing Enrollment for Kids program, a four-year initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to increase enrollment and retention of children who are eligible for public health coverage programs like Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) but not enrolled. Under the direction of the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP), which serves as the national program office, Maximizing Enrollment for Kids aims . . .