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Help for families who need TennCare
Help for families who have TennCare
Help for families who are losing TennCare
Resources for Outreach Partners
TennCare for Children was founded in 1999 with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). In 2006, we became a program of Tennessee Voices for Children! Find out more about our history and organizational structure.
As part of RWJF’s “Covering Kids and Families” initiative, we have been doing outreach for 7 years. Our goal is to educate families about TennCare and to reduce barriers to coverage. Find out if your child is eligible to receive TennCare.
In addition to TennCare, beginning in 2007, Tennessee will have a new insurance program for children! It will be called CoverKids, and is part of Governor Bredesen’s Cover Tennessee initiative. CoverKids will be part of a national program called the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). SCHIP was created and funded in 1998 by the U.S. Congress to give more U.S. children access to affordable health insurance.
CoverKids insurance will be available to Tennessee kids under 19 who aren’t eligible for Medicaid, who have no other insurance, and whose families earn less than 250% of the poverty level. Benefits are slated to begin in March of 2007. Applications may be available as soon as January of 2007. For more details about CoverKids, including income limits, click here. You can also visit the official Cover Tennessee website at: www.covertn.gov
