Children in the Vanguard is an initiative of the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) that focuses on children’s coverage in the context of health care reform. The project is funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies, as part of its KidsWell state and national campaign to ensure successful implementation of health care reform on behalf of children. In consultation with The Atlantic Philanthropies, NASHP selected ten states — California, Colorado, Iowa, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon and Ohio—to participate in a collaborative learning network based on a number of factors, including potential to contribute and to gain from the network, and both commonalties and diversity along a number of dimensions in order to promote cross-state learning and relevance of lessons learned to other states.
The network is focused on continuing progress on children’s coverage now and into the future as health care reform is implemented across the country. Participating states learn, share and apply promising practices in improving eligibility, enrollment and retention of children in coverage, and work to analyze and address health care reform related policy and operational challenges for children and youth. The project also aims to foster complementary relationships between state officials and state advocates in working toward common goals around improving children’s health coverage.
For more information on this project, contact Jennifer Dolatshahi
