1. CHIP Federal Funding for FY 2005 Hawaii's allotment is $12,404,524. The document and state chart can be viewed in PDF format at: Federal Register/Vol. 69, No. 166/Friday, August 28, 2004/Notices 2. Pharmacy Outreach We are revving up our pharmacy outreach initiative and welcome these new partners: Mina Pharmacy (4 locations), Kapiolani Medical Center Outpatient Pharmacy (2 locations), Longs Drugs (31 locations), Waipahu Town Pharmacy, Waipahu Family Pharmacy, and The Queen's Physician's Office Building (2 locations). They will distribute half-page flyers (bag stuffers) and post information on their community boards. 3. State Coalition Meeting Our next meeting is Tuesday, 16 November 2004 at 10:00 in Honolulu and will feature a talk story session by DHS director Lillian Koller. She will discuss children's health insurance initiatives and other children's health issues. The Hawaii Uninsured Project representatives will also announce some of their children's health insurance policy views. More details are in the calendar section of our web site: 4. Access to Mental Health Services Under Medicaid and CHIP An Urban Institute brief by Embry Howell provides new information on Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage of mental health services and the prevalence of mental health problems among children by income and health insurance status. Among other things, the study revealed that 12.4 percent of children (ages 6 to 17) enrolled in Medicaid/SCHIP had emotional or behavioral problems whereas only 6.2 percent of children with other types of insurance and 8.5 percent of children without insurance had such problems. Since Medicaid and CHIP cover many children with mental health problems and provide relatively generous coverage of mental health (compared to private insurance), these two public health programs provide vital access to child mental health services. Consequently, Medicaid and CHIP agencies play an important role in assessing and coordinating mental health services provided to children, especially low-income children. The report is in PDF format at: Access to Children's Mental Health Services Under Medicaid and SCHIP.