1."Get Teens Covered by Health Insurance" Hawaii Covering Kids' third annual Back-to-School campaign is underway. Last week's KITV 4 News report, radio promotions on 98.5 and I-94, and the Keiki Fair reached thousands of families. We look forward to helping more adolescents through our upcoming news conference with the Hawaii State Department of Education at Farrington High School. Featured speakers--and more!--are listed on our web site's Get Teens Covered by Health Insurance page. 2. Electronic Applications Report The National Governors Association released an issue brief on the use of the internet on CHIP and Medicaid enrollment. "Enrollment Hits the Web: States Maximize Internet Technology in CHIP and Medicaid" examines ways the internet has made CHIP and Medicaid enrollment easier and simpler. States believe using the internet for CHIP and Medicaid enrollment will reduce processing time, increase access for applications, and centralize social service applications in state governments. For more information and to download a PDF version of the report, go to our web site's Electronic Applications page. 3. Children's Health Insurance Program Disenrollment Study The Child Health Insurance Research Initiative (CHIRIT) is an effort to supply policymakers information to help them improve access to, and the quality of, health care for low-income children. This CHIRIT Issue Brief summarizes a study examining the relationship between children who leave CHIP and state policies that affect the rates of disenrollment. The report can be read and downloaded at http://www.ahrq.gov/about/cods/chiribrf1/chiribf1.htm. 4. Literacy Volunteers of America On Board With Covering Kids Literacy Volunteers of America (LVOA) is joining forces with Covering Kids to connect uninsured children to available health insurance programs. LVOA is a fully integrated national network of local, state, and regional literacy providers that gives adults and their families the opportunity to acquire skills to be effective in their roles as members of their families, communities and workplaces. Its mission is to change lives through literacy. Because research has shown that healthy kids are better prepared to learn, LVOA is encouraging its volunteers to help inform families of uninsured children about the health care insurance available to them through CHIP or Medicaid. This month, LVOA's national office is distributing Covering Kids materials and encouragement to get involved via its network listserv, which reaches more than 35,000 volunteers. The listserv announcement suggests volunteers can reach out to parents of uninsured children by passing out flyers, posting materials where they tutor, writing a letter to the editor of a local paper or an article for a local business or organization's newsletter, or contacting a local Covering Kids coalition about volunteer opportunities.