Healthy Kids of Santa Cruz County is a collaborative coalition of some 20+ community partners that are working together to address and improve the health needs of the children in our county. The coalition exists to provide easier access to the existing state sponsored programs and has created an additional locally funded program called the Healthy Kids Health Plan. Since 2004, Healthy Kids has enrolled over 9,000 local children into an affordable, comprehensive health coverage program.

Our efforts are two fold:

• First, the Healthy Kids Plan insures nearly 2,000 children. Families who earn up to 300% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) or about $60,000 for a family of four are covered. These families access to critically needed insurance for the very first time.
  
  
• Second, Healthy Kids Outreach efforts accomplish another very important benefit: enrolling additional children from families who are the most impoverished and least knowledgeable about other existing health plans for which they qualify. Community Outreach workers enroll kids in Medi-Cal and Healthy Families programs for those who earn less than only $51,600 for a family of four, or 250% of the FPL. Most eligible families earn far less than that.

Financial support has been made possible by many local and state-wide donors, who share our vision of universal health access for children.

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