Grantees

Supported a comprehensive Colorado Community Health Network review of administrative and policy options to simplify and streamline Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) eligibility and enrollment process, including opportunities to reduce barriers based on federal policies and successful practices in other states.

Funded the development of an interactive web-based map of health care coverage outreach and enrollment strategies in Colorado to identify gaps, support referrals to enrollment services and provide stakeholders with a dynamic, state-level analysis of outreach resources.

Through a national conference held in Denver in February 2009 (co-sponsored by Columbia University’s National Center for Children in Poverty), helped state leaders build on emerging best practices from around the country to integrate the health system into the broader early childhood development system. Co-sponsored the November 2010 BUILD Initiative national conference on the Health Community’s Role in Supporting Young Children’s Social and Emotional Development.

Through the Colorado Area Health Education Center, supported Cavity Free at Three in preventing oral disease in young children statewide by changing delivery systems, and strengthening the capacity of safety nets to provide preventive oral health services to high-risk, high-need pregnant women and their babies (up to age 3). Educated dentists, physicians, nurses, dental hygienists and public health practitioners about early childhood caries, and provided them tools to further promote oral disease prevention education and services. Co-funded with Caring for Colorado Foundation, Colorado Health Foundation, Delta Dental of Colorado Foundation, Rose Community Foundation and Kaiser Permanente.

Supported Colorado non-federally qualified health centers to build their administrative and service capacity in order to secure additional public funding, thereby enabling them to serve more children and low-income working families, particularly in parts of the state where these clinics are the only option for care.

Supported the Colorado Health Institute in building the statewide Health Professions Database to ensure that programs and policies are data-driven and can more strategically address Colorado’s provider shortage. Also developed an inventory of health professions academic programs and workforce initiatives in Colorado; as well as conducted workforce, scopes of care, and supply and demand studies.