One World Community Health Center is looking for 6,000 children.
The agency offers services in general health disadvantage of the program received $ 706,264 from the federal budget to create the thousands of children to enroll in one of the two programs for the government health insurance to low-income children.
Many children in the metropolitan area are eligible but not registered, because do not know their families, the programs are or are not aware that benefit their children would, "said Andrea Skolkin, Executive Director of One World does. This indicates that some of these children operating without medical assistance or a lot less than what they could.
Oneworld is enrolled at least 6,000 children. The Agency has just disclosure effort are begun.OneWorld staff in kindergartens, schools, after school, churches, boards, agencies and elsewhere.
"We are where people come on man for us," said Skolkin.
It is to identify sites and contact with the families when they have children who are eligible but not enrolled Medicaid or State Children's Health Insurance Program.
The employees have laptops to take information and research into the scanner in the citizenship and proof of residence, Nebraska. Children have the benefit to public health.
The agency will also include references. For more information, call 502-8888.
A world that is in the Livestock Exchange Building, 4920 S. 30th St., has hired a director and five full-time employees to cover the program. One World also has a clinic in Plattsmouth.
President Barack Obama this year to carry out $ 40,000,000 to agencies in 42 states and Washington, DC, for programs with an application to the effort in the next two years.
Under a competitive process, oneworld was one of the 69 departments in order to get money. Iowa does not have a program to pay in 69 years as part of another $ 40,000,000 in 2012.
The inclusion of children in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program has increased gradually in Iowa and Nebraska. The economy has deteriorated and awareness of the program, said officials and said that in Iowa and Nebraska.
A child is eligible for Medicaid if their family income equal to or slightly above the national average poverty level, $ 18,310 for a family of three.
Conditions for the chip is not as strict. In Iowa, the state covers the chip placed this year to 300 percent of the federal poverty level, or $ 54,930 for a family of three. Nebraska increased its income limit for the chip of 185 percent this year by 200 percent, or $ 36,620 for a family of three.
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has estimated about 15,000 eligible children not enrolled. The Department of Public Health estimates that Iowa could be up to 38 000 children that are not covered.
