Health Care

Have a Heart for Kids Day: 2011 Special Session

Adam — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:50:37 -0400

Children's Alliance 2011 Special Session Have a Heart for Kids day is Friday, December 2, 2011. This is your opportunity to bring your voice directly to your legislators as they return to Olympia to balance the budget.

The budget cuts’ impact on kids

Adam — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:54:22 -0400

It’s the worst we’ve seen.

That’s our assessment of new cuts to state services. The across-the-board budget reductions are more severe than anything we’ve experienced recently. They’re also being made in an extremely challenging context.

The budget that was finalized this spring, during the last legislative session, did not anticipate the persistently slow economy. And, rather than our elected representatives deliberating in public over cuts, these decisions are being made by the Governor in consultation with agency secretaries and assistant secretaries. They are decisions as momentous as any made during the last legislative session, only without legislators convening to hear and represent their constituents’ concerns.

We're in the News: DSHS warns clients of budget cuts

Carolynm — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:06:31 -0500

Programs for elderly, children likely to be eliminated The Olympian January 12, 2009 By Adam Wilson The state Department of Social and Health Services has been working to inform those its serves about $370 million in cuts to its budget by June. The agency sent out notice to families who signed up for state health insurance and make between 250 percent and 300 percent of the poverty level, telling them that the program was canceled because of cuts in this year's budget.

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2009 Legislative Agenda

mjennings — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:28:17 -0500

The Children's Alliance 2009 Legislative Agenda lays out our top priorities in this tough legislative session.

Policy Paper - 2009 Session: Children's Health

mjennings — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:31:08 -0500

The Children's Alliance 2009 Cover All Kids policy paper lays out our priorities for the 09 legislative session: stay the course and cover all kids by 2010.

New rules should give families affordable choices for health coverage

Adam — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:48:31 -0500

The federal Affordable Care Act was signed into law nearly two years ago. Since then, we at the Children’s Alliance, alongside health advocates across the state, have been working to make health care reform a reality in Washington.

In the next few weeks, health care leaders in the state House and Senate will take a crucial next step: They’ll set up ground rules for the state’s new Health Insurance Exchange.

ADVISORY: Hundreds Gather in Olympia Tomorrow for Have a Heart for Kids Day

Adam — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:53:23 -0500

For Have a Heart for Kids Day, hundreds of adults and children are coming from all over the state to tell lawmakers to “Protect Kids, Protect Our Future!”

Read our press advisory.

Three Washingtonians speak up for dental care

siobhan — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:30:43 -0500

Read the experiences of three Washingtonians who are speaking up to improve access to dental care.

“It’s about what the people need. It’s hard to get dental care, and this new provider could fill the gap and reach more people who need preventative care so they don’t face the kind of problems I am facing.” - Kim Rice, Vancouver

Apple Health for Kids enrollment by county

Christina — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:05:17 -0500

Four out of 10 children in our state use Apple Health for Kids to see a doctor, dentist or other medical professional. Click here to see how many children are enrolled in Apple Health for Kids in each of Washington’s 39 counties.

Apple Health for Kids

Adam — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:13:02 -0500

Apple Health for Kids gives thousands of Washington children the opportunity to achieve their full potential. Read how Apple Health for Kids helps Washington's children grow up healthy.