Teachers for Healthy Kids

The California Association of Health Plans and the California Teachers Association recognize the correlation between a child's health status and school performance. Comprehensive and integrated school-based efforts to enroll uninsured children have been endorsed by government and private agencies, yet teachers, the most trusted line of communication to parents, had not been meaningfully engaged in health outreach prior to the advent of this project. The goal of Teachers for Healthy Kids is to address this situation by promoting teachers as information resources who can enhance parent awareness of low or no cost health, dental and vision insurance programs which in turn would increase student access to health care.

Teachers for Healthy Kids brings together health insurance plans and teachers dedicated to improving the health of students and increasing their chances of academic success. Working together with parents, school nurses, school support staff, administrators, government agencies and community group, the project seeks to ensure that all children can obtain no or low cost health coverage.

News & Publications
	New issues brief on MAA billing, 09/07 MAA Billing PDF Document
	Letter from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) limiting the expansion of Healthy Families, 08/07 Center for Medicaid and State Operations
	Governor Schwarzenegger response to the letter from CMS, 08/07 Schwarzenegger Response to CMS
	Study by Mathematica, UCSF, and the Urban Institute shows improved school attendance following enrollment in Healthy Kids, 03/07 Evaluation of the Santa Clara County Children's Health Initiative
	Children Now ranking of California counties by percent of children with health insurance, 07/07 2007 California County Rankings
	The State of Health Insurance in California, 07/07 UCLA CHIS Study