1. New Outreach Partners * Times Supermarkets: Their eleven pharmacies on Oahu will stuff bags with our flyers as well as display information on their bulletin boards. The locations are Aiea, Beretania, Kahala, Kailua, Kaneohe, Koolau, Liliha, McCully, Royal Kunia, Waimalu, and Waipahu. Mahalo to Sue-Ann Yasuoka, Director of Pharmacy Operations, for her dedication to helping these communities. * Capital One Financial Corporation: There ia a new national corporate partnership between Covering Kids & Families and Capital One Financial Corporation. Capital One, a top ten credit card issuer. Capital One is working with Covering Kids & Families to alert existing customers about the availability of low-cost and free health insurance programs for uninsured children and youth. Capital One expects to create more than 360 million customer impressions with the Covering Kids & Families message through billing statements and envelopes, the company web site, and call center information. It will print a special low-cost and free health insurance message that includes the national toll-free 1-877-KIDS-NOW hotline number on customer billing statements and on the outside of customer billing envelopes and include information about Capital One's partnership with Covering Kids & Families and the 1-877-KIDS-NOW hotline number on its consumer web site. Capital One will also alert its employees about the partnership through banners and posters displayed throughout its offices. Note: Callers to the 1-877-KIDS-NOW telephone number in Hawaii are connected directly to Aloha United Way's 211 hotline service. 2. Adding a Newborn to an Existing Med-QUEST Case The issue of adding a newborn to an existing Med-QUEST case was discussed at our State Coalition meeting on 28 October 2003. Ann G. Tam Sing, Med-QUEST's Eligibility Branch supervisor, subsequently explained their procedures: a. Med-QUEST will take verbal notification of the birth. b. A hard copy verification is only required if something is questionable. For example, if a person calls and notifies Med-QUEST of the birth and later calls to change the birth date or if the social security number the customer provides belongs to someone else. If you have questions or problems, contact Angie at 587-7291 or atamsing@dhs.hawaii.gov. Please note this procedure applies to medical-only cases. If the customer is receiving TANF benefits, BESSD may have other requirements. 3. Program FPL Chart A recently updated chart comparing income guidelines for Med-QUEST, WIC, Head Start, and school lunch programs can be downloaded from our web site in PDF format on the Income Guidlines page. 4. "Hawaii's Health Disparities and the Uninsured" May Akamine, Kalihi-Palama Health Center executive director, was a guest speaker at our annual conference for outreach workers and Med-QUEST supervisors. A PDF version of her interesting presentation can be downloaded from our web site on the New Excitement page (scroll down to Malama i na Keiki 4). 5. The 100% Campaign in California Releases Publication "Go Where They Are: Working with Child Care Programs to Reach California's Uninsured Children" is a new publication of the 100% Campaign which is a collaborative of Children Now, Children's Defense Fund, and The Children's Partnership. Visit 100% Campaign to download a copy. Nearly one million California children and youth were uninsured at some point during the past year. The good news is that at least two-thirds of uninsured children qualify for existing public health insurance programs, such as Healthy Families and Medi-Cal, and in some counties local insurance programs. The challenge is connecting uninsured children with these available insurance programs. One promising strategy for reaching uninsured children and their parents is through child care. "Go Where They Are" finds 170,000 uninsured children in child care are likely to be eligible for free or low-cost health insurance. This report explores links between child care settings and health insurance enrollment for children in California by highlighting existing strategies and making recommendations for improved coordination. The report also serves as an excellent primer on two increasingly complex service delivery systems for children in California: child care and health insurance.