The Children’s Health Initiatives in California provide promising new approaches to expanding coverage to children through local innovation. With thoughtful policies that facilitate similar initiatives, many more kids can be covered.

	Executive Summary to Pioneers for Coverage: Local Solutions for Insuring All Children in California, pdf (Oct. 2004, updated Feb. 2006)
	Localities have broken through the barrier to providing insurance to California kids. This report, the Executive Summary from IHPS' CHI Guidebook, provides background regarding the policy environment which spawned the CHI model, and makes recommendations for continued success in covering all kids.
	Policy Framework for Outreach, Enrollment, Retention and Utilization for Health Care Coverage in California , pdf (May 2006)
	This report from Community Health Councils describes the experiences and successes of local programs, such as Children's Health Initiatives, in providing health coverage to all children and families throughout California. The findings can help increase the knowledge and capacity to ensure the effectiveness of outreach, enrollment and retention policies, systems and strategies.
	Health Insurance Coverage for All Children: A Goal Within Reach, pdf (November 2005)
	This policy brief from The California Endowment explains that providing health coverage for all children is not only a worthwhile social goal, it is a feasible policy objective that makes good financial sense for California today and in the future.
	Challenged by Their Success: Healthy Kids Program Enrollment Caps and Waiting Lists, pdf (October 2005)
	Even with the great success of Santa Clara CHI, the demand is so great that thousands of children are on waiting lists for Healthy Kids programs statewide. Learn about the state and federal financing challenges that must be overcome in order to continue to provide necessary health care access to kids who need it.
	Lasting Returns: Investing in Health Coverage for California's Children, pdf (February 2005)
	This report from the California Budget Project explores policy and financing options for expanding health coverage to California's uninsured children.
	First 5 Commissions: Key Partners in Children's Health Initiatives, pdf (April 2005)
	This Issue Brief describes the key role that local First 5 Commissions have played in the development and implementation of Children's Health Initiatives throughout California.
	Universal Health Care for Children: Two Local Initiatives, pdf
	This report discusses the innovative approach taken by Santa Clara County in creating the first CHI, and compares it with another successful model created in King County, WA.

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