November  5, 2009 HHS Secretary Kicks off the Nation’s Largest Campaign to Find and Enroll Uninsured Children US Department of Health and Human Services  (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius yesterday called upon states and communities to join with HHS in its efforts to find and enroll children who are currently eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), but are not yet covered.  The Secretary issued this call to action at the National Children’s Health Insurance Summit in Chicago; not since the creation of CHIP in 1997 has the federal government, in conjunction with states, concentrated so many resources on the effort to find and enroll children who are without health insurance coverage. “With the nation’s unemployment rate at a staggering 9.8 percent and families losing their job-related health care, finding and enrolling eligible children could never be more important,” said Cindy Mann, director of the Center for Medicaid and State Operations within CMS. “Bringing together government officials, tribal leaders, community organizations and policy experts, we hope, will build on the successes achieved in recent years and lead to fresh, innovative and successful strategies to deliver quality health care to every eligible child in America.” For more information about free or low-cost children’s health insurance, visit the newly updated and redesigned Web site www.insurekidsnow.gov or call toll-free 1-877-KIDS-NOW. See also: HHS Press Release: HHS Secretary Calls on States and Communities to Get Health Coverage to Uninsured Children National Children’s Health Insurance Summit – Presentations and Conference Materials CHHCS News Alert: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Awards $40 Million to States to Find, Enroll Children in CHIP, Medicaid CHHCS: Adolescents Deserve Special Attention in SCHIP Outreach Programs

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