SPECIAL POPULATIONS CHILDREN

1. SPECIAL POPULATIONS CHILDREN

3. POPULATION AND FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS

6. AMERICA’S CHILDREN CONTINUE TO GROW IN RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY.

7. IN 2004, 65 PERCENT WERE WHITE, NON-HISPANIC; 15 PERCENT WERE BLACK, NON-HISPANIC;

8. 15 PERCENT HISPANIC; 4 PERCENT ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER; 1 PERCENT AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE.

9. 68 PERCENT LIVE WITH TWO PARENTS.

10. INDICATORS OF CHILDREN’S WELL-BEING

11. 19 PERCENT OF CHILDREN LIVE IN POVERTY.

18. 76 PERCENT OF CHILDREN HAD AT LEAST ONE PARENT WORKING FULL TIME.

19. MOST AMERICAN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS HAVE A DIET WHICH IS POOR OR NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.

20. TEENAGERS ARE LESS LIKELY THAN YOUNG CHILDREN TO HAVE A USUAL SOURCE OF MEDICAL CARE.

21. 7.5 PERCENT OF INFANTS ARE BORN WITH LOW BIRTHWEIGHTS.

22. 71 PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN FAMILIES LIVING IN POVERTY RECEIVED THE COMBINED SERIES OF VACCINES.

23. THE MORTALITY RATE FOR WHITE CHILDREN IS 31.5 PER 100,000 POPULATION.

24. THE DEATH RATE AMONG BLACK MALE ADOLESCENTS IS 108.7 PER 100,000.

25. THE DEATH RATE AMONG WHITE MALE ADOLESCENTS IS 23.1 PER 100,000.

26. THE BIRTH RATE FOR TEENAGERS 15-17 IS 32.1 LIVE BIRTHS PER 1000 FEMALES.

27. IN 1996, 2.6 MILLION SOUTHERN CHILDREN LIVED IN EXTREME POVERTY, WITH FAMILY INCOMES BELOW HALF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE. THAT MEANT CASH INCOME LESS THAN $120 PER WEEK FOR THREE PEOPLE. CHILDREN GO HUNGRY WHEN INCOME IS LOW.

28. 1.2 MILLION SOUTHERN HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCED HUNGER.

29. 3 MILLION SOUTHERN HOMES LACK SECURE ACCESS TO FOOD.

30. 7 OUT OF 10 POOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN HAD A FAMILY MEMBER WHO WORKED. ONE IN FOUR SOUTHERN WORKING PARENTS EARN HOURLY WAGES TOO LOW TO ESCAPE POVERTY.

31. POVERTY AFFECTS CHILDREN OF ALL RACES. HALF OF ALL SOUTHERN POOR CHILDREN ARE WHITE, BUT SOUTHERN BLACK CHILDREN ARE TWO-AND-A-HALF TIMES MORE LIKELY TO LIVE IN POVERTY THAN SOUTHERN WHITE CHILDREN.

32. SOUTHERN CHILD POVERTY IS GENERALLY HIGHEST IN THE CENTRAL CITIES OF METROPOLITAN AREAS.

33. NINE MILLION CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE HEALTH CARE COVERAGE IN 2007

34. POOR CHILDREN ARE TWICE AS LIKELY AS NON-POOR TO BE BORN WEIGHING TOO LITTLE,TO SUFFER STUNTED GROWTH, OR TO REPEAT A YEAR OF SCHOOL.

35. A BABY BORN TO A POOR MOTHER IN AMERICA IS MORE LIKELY TO DIE BEFORE ITS FIRST BIRTHDAY THAN A BABY BORN TO A HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT, AN UNWED MOTHER, OR A MOTHER WHO SMOKED DURING PREGNANCY.

36. POVERTY MAKES CHILDREN HUNGRY, SICK, AND LESS ABLE TO LEARN.

37. THE STATE CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM

38. ENABLES STATES TO INSURE CHILDREN FROM WORKING FAMILIES WITH INCOMES TOO HIGH TO QUALIFY FOR MEDICAID BUT TOO LOW TO AFFORD PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE THROUGH SEPARATE STATE PROGRAMS, MEDICAID EXPANSION, OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH.

39. AS OF 2001, 50 STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND FIVE U.S. TERRITORIES HAVE IMPLEMENTED S-CHIP, COVERING OVER 4.6 MILLION CHILDREN.

40. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN MEDICAID HAS INCREASED BECAUSE OF STATE-WIDE OUTREACH, ELIGIBILITY SIMPLIFICATIONS STREAMLINED ENROLLMENT PROCEDUES, AND PROGRAM MATURITY.

41. MORE THAN 75% OF CHILDREN EVER ENROLLED IN SCHIP IN FY 2001 WERE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 AND 18. • MEDICAID GENERALLY COVERS YOUNGER CHILDREN AT HIGHER INCOME LEVELS.

42. PRIOR TO S-CHIP’S CREATION, ONLY 4 STATES COVERED CHILDREN WITH FAMILY INCOMES UP TO AT LEAST 200 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL (ABOUT $33,000 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR).

43. MILLIONS OF ELIGIBLE CHILDREN REMAIN UNINSURED. TWO-THIRDS OF THE ELIGIBLE CHILDREN ARE IN TWO PARENT FAMILIES.

44. 75 PERCENT OF THESE PARENTS WORK…5 PERCENT ARE ON WELFARE.

45. Outreach Hot SpotsBased on Proportion and Numbers of Uninsured Holmes Jackson Escambia Okaloosa Santa Rosa Nassau Walton Washington Gadsden Hamilton Leon Madison Bay Calhoun Jefferson Duval Baker Suwannee Wakulla Liberty Columbia Taylor Union Clay Lafayette Bradford Franklin St. Johns Gulf Gilchrist Alachua Dixie Putnam Flagler • High Priority • Minimum 16% uninsured and greater than 24% uncovered Levy Marion Volusia Lake Citrus Sumter Seminole Hernando Orange • Medium Priority • Minimum 16% uninsured and less than 24% uncovered • Between 15.9% and 10% uninsured and 19% or more uncovered • Between 15.9% and 10% uninsured and less than 19% covered Pasco Brevard Osceola Pinellas Hillsborough Polk Indian River Manatee Hardee Okeechobee St. Lucie Highlands De Soto Sarasota Martin Glades Charlotte Hendry • Low Priority • Less than 10.0 uninsured • Less than 10.0 uncovered Palm Beach Lee Broward Collier Dade Monroe Crosshatching indicates more than 15,000 uninsured children, regardless of proportion Revised 2/02

46. TITLE XXI OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

47. EFFECTIVE DATE: MOST PROVISIONS TAKE EFFECT OCTOBER 1, 1997. STATES CAN START RECEIVING THE FUNDS THEN OR POSTPONE IMPLEMENTATION FOR UP TO 3 YEARS WITHOUT LOSING ANY FUNDS.

48. ELIGIBILITY: THE LEGISLATION SETS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ARE TO COVER UNINSURED CHILDREN WHO ARE:

49. NOT ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID • UNDER AGE 19; AND

50. NOT ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID • UNDER AGE 19; AND • AT OR BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL (FPL)