About Covering Connecticut's Kids and Families

Connecticut Voices for Children is the lead agency for the Covering Connecticut's Kids and Families (CCKF) initiative, a statewide coalition of organizations concerned with access to health care for children and their parents.

Currently, CT Voices coordinates statewide meetings of the CCKF member organizations where information about HUSKY and related health care issues is shared. These meetings are open to all organizations interested in HUSKY enrollment and access issues. CT Voices also manages an e-mail listserv to help the Coalition and other interested persons or groups keep abreast of health care issues affecting families and children.

Coalition members:

Provide outreach through established groups such as schools, child care providers, pediatric care providers, the business community, and social service providers;
Provide technical assistance and support to local outreach efforts;
Work to maintain and expand HUSKY enrollment simplification and renewal processes;
Work with the Connecticut Department of Social Services to increase retention of eligible families in HUSKY;
Offer joint training with DSS to enhance the work of outreach organizations;
Work with other groups to demonstrate why HUSKY premiums and other conditions of enrollment will result in the loss of HUSKY coverage; and
Ensure that children moving between HUSKY A and B do not experience gaps in coverage.

Groups that comprise the Statewide Coalition are:

ACS
American Academy of Pediatricians-Connecticut Chapter
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists-Connecticut Chapter
Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition
Building Parent Power
Children's Trust Fund
Community Health Network of Connecticut
Connecticut Association of Directors of Health
Connecticut Association of School Based Health Centers
Connecticut Bureau of Early Childhood Education and Social Services
Connecticut Commission on Children
Connecticut Department of Education- Office of Child Nutrition
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Connecticut Department of Social Services
Connecticut Head Start Association
Connecticut Head Start State Collaboration Office
Connecticut Hospital Association
Connecticut Medicaid Managed Care Council
Connecticut Office of Health Care Access
Connecticut Permanent Commission on the Status of Women
Connecticut Primary Care Association
Connecticut Voices for Children
Connecticut Women's Consortium
Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund
Eastern Connecticut Health Network
Governor's Collaboration for Young Children
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Healthy Child Care Connecticut
Hispanic Health Council
International Institute
Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut
March of Dimes-Connecticut Chapter
United Way of Connecticut/Infoline
University of Connecticut School of Social Work
Yale University Child Study Center

For more information on Covering Connecticut's Kids and Families, contact:
Sharon Langer
Senior Policy Fellow
Connecticut Voices for Children
53 Oak Street, Suite 15
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860)548-1661
Fax: (860)548-1783
slanger AT ctkidslink DOT org

Connecticut Voices for Children