- January 9, 2013 Outreach Grant Opportunity This NEACH alert outlines the new Connecting Kids to Coverage grant opportunity announced by CMS. The opportunity includes $32 million in funding to assist organizations in enrolling eligible children in Medicaid and CHIP.
- December 18, 2012 DACA Call-In Day! Today is the call-in day to ask the President to restore health care access for DREAMers under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. TAKE ACTION!
- November 30, 2012 Health Homes: Rhode Island’s Development of a Pediatric Health Home Model A new paper on the development of this program, an option through the Affordable Care Act, in Rhode Island.
- November 20, 2012 Presentations from 2012 Children's Health Care Summit Below you will find presentations from this year's New England Alliance for Children's Health, Nov. 14th Children's Health Care Summit.
- September 4, 2012 Register Today: NEACH Children's Health Care Summit Register now for our annual Children’s Health Care Summit
- August 3, 2012 New Paper on Foster Youth & the ACA Information on a new paper by NEACH & the Georgetown Center for Children & Families analyzing the Affordable Care Act's implications for foster children and youth.
- July 30, 2012 Save the Date: NEACH Children's Health Care Summit Information about NEACH's 2012 Children's Health Care Summit.
- June 27, 2012 Exciting Addition at NEACH Update about a new Senior Policy Analyst at NEACH.
- May 18, 2012 Increased Medicaid Payments Information regarding the Department of Health and Human Services recent announcement of a proposed rule to increase Medicaid provider payments to Medicare levels in 2013 and 2014, and what the boost means for children and families.
- May 15, 2012 Secretary's Challenge Alert Resources on the "Connecting Kids to Coverage Challenge" issued by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, including strategies to meet the challenge and how to enroll your organization.
- March 20, 2012 Staff Changes at NEACH Update about a staffing change regarding NEACH's Senior Policy Analyst.
- March 13, 2012 Funding Opportunity: Roadmaps to Health Community Grants A funding opportunity from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for organizations pursuing policy or system change that addresses key social or economic factors that influence health.
- March 6, 2012 Young Adult Toolkit We are partnering with Young Invincibles to release their updated Health Care Toolkit. By sharing this toolkit, you and your organization can be sure to set new grads and all young adults on the road to good health, starting with good health coverage.
- January 24, 2012 Include CHGME in the President's Budget Please urge President Obama to include funding for the crucially important Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (CHGME) in his upcoming proposed federal budget.
- November 10, 2011 2011 Children's Health Care Summit Presentations The presentations from the New England Alliance for Children's Health, 2011 Children's Health Care Summit held November 9, 2011 in Nashua New Hampshire.
- October 18, 2011 Register for the NEACH Children's Health Care Summit Register Now! NEACH 2011 Children's Health Care Summit Wednesday, November 9, 2011 9:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
- October 17, 2011 Urge Senate Passage of CHGME Federal authorization for CHGME expired on September 30, 2011. Therefore, it is critical that Congress act as soon as possible to reauthorize the program.
- September 29, 2011 Super Committee Resources As this process moves forward in Washington, DC, we wanted to share with you a few recent Community Catalyst resources that we believe you will find helpful in your work.
- August 30, 2011 Back to School Toolkit NEACH is partnering with Young Invincibles to bring students and their families a free Back-To-School Toolkit breaking down student options for health coverage in every state.
- August 23, 2011 CHGME Sign-On Opportunity Please sign your organization on to a set of letters urging the appropriations committees in the House and the Senate to include stable funding for CHGME in the FFY 2012 appropriations bills.
- August 19, 2011 Second Round of CHIPRA Outreach/Enrollment Grants Awarded Yesterday the US Department of Health and Human Services announced $40 million in outreach and enrollment grants to states agencies, non-profits and others organizations to identify and enroll children in Medicaid and CHIP.
- August 3, 2011 New NEACH Website! NEACH has a new and improved website, http://neach.communitycatalyst.org. Our new website features a more user-friendly design, state by state content, and daily news items.
- July 21, 2011 Exciting Changes at NEACH An announcement of staff changes at NEACH.
- July 12, 2011 Tell Your Senators "Medicaid Matters" Today Please call your senators and tell them: Do not cut Medicaid.
- July 11, 2011 CT's Rep. Murphy Stands Up for Medicaid Representative Chris Murphy (D-CT) published a piece in The Huffington Post about the importance of protecting Medicaid in the current debt ceiling negotiations.
- June 30, 2011 Save the Date: NEACH Children's Health Care Summit Information about NEACH's 2011 Children's Health Care Summit.
- June 27, 2011 Sign-on to Protect Medicaid Community Catalyst has written a response letter to Senator Orrin Hatch (R–UT) and Congressman Fred Upton (R–MI) regarding the letter they sent to governors attacking the Medicaid program.
- June 9, 2011 Thank Senators who Oppose Medicaid Cuts Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and 36 other senators sent a letter to the President stating their opposition to block granting, capping, or otherwise slashing Medicaid spending for our nation's most vulnerable citizens.
- May 26, 2011 Grants Awarded to Family-to-Family Health Information Centers HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $4.9 million in grants for Family-to-Family Health Information Centers - non-profit, family-staffed organizations helping families of children and youth with special health care needs.
- May 24, 2011 Support Physician Training at Children's Hospitals The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it would cut $48.5 million from the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education (CHGME) program for the remainder of FY 2011
- May 19, 2011 Threats to Medicaid and CHIP Important developments related to the attempt by Congressional Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements.
- April 18, 2011 The Federal Budget and Children's Health Developments related to the federal budget and how they are likely to impact children's health.
- April 14, 2011 Action Needed on House Budget Vote The US House of Representatives is scheduled to hold a vote on the House Republican Budget Plan for 2012. The plan proposes dangerous cuts and drastic changes to programs that children and families rely on.
- April 7, 2011 Launch of National Roadmap to Reduce Health Disparities HHS is launching the National Partnership for Action's National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity and the Action Plan for Reducing Health Disparities. Together, these initiatives create a national roadmap to reduce health disparities and en
- March 25, 2011 New Coverage Resource for Young Adults This past Wednesday was the first anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In the year since the ACA was signed into law, many of its reforms have extended important benefits and protections to children and young adults across the country.
- March 21, 2011 Protect Funding for School-Based Health Centers The Health Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing to discuss whether mandatory funding for some programs in the Affordable Care Act should be replaced with discretionary funding. School-based health centers (SBHC) were i
- March 14, 2011 Child Nutrition Law to Improve School Meals The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released a proposed rule that would revise the meal patterns and nutrition requirements for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program.
- March 2, 2011 Funding for Pediatric Physician Training In Jeopardy President Obama's FY 2012 budget eliminates all funding for the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (CHGME), which supports physician training programs at children's hospitals and helps ensure an adequate supply of pediatricians.
- February 10, 2011 CHIPRA Childhood Obesity Demonstration Grants Announced The Affordable Care Act appropriated $25 million in funding for CHIPRA childhood obesity demonstration grants and HHS recently released the funding opportunity announcement to solicit applications.
- February 7, 2011 CHIPRA Turns Two, New Outreach Grants Announced Today marks the second anniversary of President Obama's signing of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act into law. CMS also released a funding opportunity announcement for a second round of CHIPRA outreach and enrollment grants.
- February 2, 2011 Engaging the Business Community A new NEACH publication entitled "Investing in Our Future: New England Business Leaders' Views on Children's Health Advocacy" presents findings from a series of six focus group discussions held in 2008 with New England business leaders.
- January 20, 2011 Take Action Against Tomorrow's Repeal Vote Action steps and messaging around the January 19 vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
- January 10, 2011 Partner with the New England Hemophilia Association Founded in 1957, the New England Hemophilia Association is dedicated to serving individuals and families with hemophilia, von Willebrand disease (vWD), and other inherited blood clotting disorders. NEHA focuses on being a voice for sound public policies t
- January 5, 2011 CHIPRA Performance Bonuses & New Tool to Assess Medicaid/CHIP Programs Information about the most recent round of CHIPRA performance bonuses and a self-assessment toolkit that states can use to help assess their Medicaid and CHIP enrollment and retention processes.
- December 17, 2010 New England's Advocacy Success Story NEACH has a new publication about you and your work to provide the region's children with high-quality health coverage.
- December 17, 2010 Child Nutrition Bill Signed into Law! The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, the federal child nutrition reauthorization (CNR) bill, was signed into law by President Obama.
- December 3, 2010 Child Nutrition Bill Passes The House passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 by a vote of 264-157. The bill will now go to President Obama for his signature.
- November 30, 2010 Critical Final Push for Child Nutrition Bill The child nutrition reauthorization (CNR) bill, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (S. 3307), is expected to go to the House floor for a vote on Wednesday. This critical bill will increase funding for the federal child nutrition programs by $4.5 bi
- November 15, 2010 Act Today to Support Child Nutrition Reauthorization The House may vote on the Senate Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) bill sometime during the lame-duck session.
- November 12, 2010 Action Needed to Pass Child Nutrition Reauthorization With the lame-duck session set to begin and with a large number of must-pass items on the agenda, now is the time to work to ensure that Child Nutrition Reauthorization is addressed when Congress returns next week.
- November 2, 2010 New Findings on Medicaid/CHIP Quality and Enrollment Findings from two recently released reports that address key quality and performance indicators for children\x92s health.
- October 27, 2010 2010 Voter's Guide Now Live NEACH worked with partners from across the region to send all of New England's Congressional and gubernatorial candidates a questionnaire on a broad range of issues affecting children and families. The questionnaire results are in and NEACH's 2010 Voter's
- October 7, 2010 Child Nutrition Update & CHIPRA Performance Bonus Guidance The House did not take up the Senate version of the CNR bill, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (S. 3307), prior to adjourning on September 30, 2010. Also, CMS issued a new State Health Official letter that contains answers to frequently asked que
- September 28, 2010 Register Now for NEACH's Children's Health Care Summit The New England Alliance for Children's Health invites you to attend our 4th annual regional Children's Health Care Summit.
- September 27, 2010 House Will Vote on Child Nutrition Reauthorization Tomorrow The full House will vote on the Senate version of the child nutrition reauthorization bill, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (S.3307) in the next few days.
- September 20, 2010 Phone-a-thon to Enroll MA Kids in Health Coverage Health Care for All is sponsoring a daylong phone-a-thon on September 29, 2010 to enroll children in free or low-cost health coverage.
- September 17, 2010 2010 Voter's Guide & Packard Advocacy Issue Briefs Information about NEACH's 2010 New England Voter's Guide on children's issues and two new issue briefs on successful advocacy strategies from the David and Lucille Packard Foundation
- September 8, 2010 Child Nutrition Sign-on & Secretary's Challenge NEACH enthusiastically supports Secretary Sebelius's efforts to enroll eligible children in health insurance and has formally accepted her Connecting Kids to Coverage Challenge.
- September 7, 2010 Action Needed - Sign On to Child Nutrition Letter NEACH is co-sponsoring a sign-on letter with the New England Consortium that urges Congress to act swiftly and pass a strong child nutrition reauthorization bill.
- August 16, 2010 Affordable Care Act Grant Information Information on recently awarded grants for state home visiting programs and an invitation for states to apply for funding to establish consumer assistance programs.
- August 9, 2010 Senate Passes FMAP and Child Nutrition The Senate passed legislation to extend enhanced FMAP funding to states and to reauthorize the child nutrition programs.
- August 4, 2010 Child Nutrition and FMAP Votes This Week Senate votes on child nutrition reauthorization and the FMAP extension are expected this week prior to when the Senate adjourns for the August recess on Friday, August 6.
- August 4, 2010 FMAP Vote Monday The Senate is expected to vote on Monday to move forward with the extension of the enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) before they leave for August recess.
- July 21, 2010 Child Nutrition Bill Clears Ed & Labor Committee The House Committee on Education and Labor passed out of committee its child nutrition reauthorization bill, the Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act of 2010 (H.R. 5504). This bill requests $8 billion over ten years to implement a number of refo
- July 12, 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization Moving Forward The House Education and Labor Committee will mark-up their child nutrition reauthorization bill this week. Action is needed now to ensure that both the House and Senate bills continue to move forward and pass both chambers by the August recess.
- July 12, 2010 Action Needed Today on School-Based Health Center Funding Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) are leading an effort to ensure that $50 million for School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) be included in the FY 2011 Labor-Health and Human Services appropriations bill.
- June 28, 2010 FMAP Extension Failure The extenders bill (H.R. 4213), which included a six-month extension of the enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), failed again yesterday to receive the 60 votes needed to proceed in a 57-41 vote-effectively killing the measure.
- June 28, 2010 Immediate Action Needed on FMAP Extension The revised extenders bill (H.R. 4213) introduced last night reduces the enhanced FMAP in the first two quarters of calendar year 2011.
- June 28, 2010 Action Needed Today to Preserve Medicaid Funding Senate leadership failed to get the 60 votes necessary to allow a final vote on the jobs bill (H.R. 4213) that included a six-month extension of the ARRA-enhanced FMAP.
- June 9, 2010 New Tools to Connect Kids to Coverage A list of outreach and enrollment materials created by HHS to support The Secretary's Challenge: Connecting Kids to Coverage. These materials are aimed at assisting state and local efforts to enroll low-income children in health insurance.
- May 27, 2010 Action Needed on FMAP Extension Information on Congress's effort to approve a temporary six-month extension of the ARRA-enhanced FMAP.
- May 14, 2010 Outreach Needed on FMAP Extension Both the House and Senate have passed bills that extend the ARRA-enhanced FMAP for an additional six months (through June 2011), but no deal has yet been reached between the two chambers.
- April 12, 2010 National Health Reform Summaries & Timelines A list of health care reform summaries and timelines.
- April 12, 2010 Child Nutrition Reauthorization Information on the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, the bill that would reauthorize the Child Nutrition Program.
- March 22, 2010 House Passes Health Care Reform The U.S. House of Representatives voted 219-212 to pass national health care reform.
- March 22, 2010 New NEACH Staff & Legislative Updates Patrick Tigue has joined the NEACH team as our Children's Health Care Coordinator. NEACH has been tracking the status of children's health care bills in each of the New England states and recently updated our state web pages with this new information.
- June 1, 2010 CHIPRA Performance Bonus Call & Quality Grants Three New England states received CHIPRA grants to improve health care quality and delivery systems for children.
- March 4, 2010 Sign Petition to Support Health Care Reform We must call on Members of Congress to come together to pass a meaningful bill that improves access to insurance coverage and lowers the cost of care.
- March 4, 2010 Join Us for Regional Children's Health Conference The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and the New England Alliance for Children\x92s Health invite you to attend \x93Transforming Health Coverage for Children and Families: A Convening of Northeastern States.\x94
- February 19, 2010 Pediatric Obesity Prevention Campaign First Lady Michelle Obama announced the launch of Let's Move, a new national campaign to fight childhood obesity. This effort will engage families, communities and the public and private sectors to help reduce childhood obesity within a generation.
- February 4, 2010 Celebrate CHIPRA's Anniversary One year ago today, President Obama signed into law the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) to help families find affordable health coverage for their children.
- February 4, 2010 Update on CHIPRA Implementation Nine states received CHIPRA performance bonuses, comments are requested on child health care quality measures for CHIP and Medicaid, and awards for quality demonstration grants will be announced soon.
- January 26, 2010 Contact Your House Members Today We need to let our Members of Congress know that Americans need quality, affordable health care now, and we think having the House pass the Senate bill would make great strides toward achieving this.
- December 22, 2009 Patient-Centered Medical Homes A summary of the patient-centered medical home model, with information on what medical homes are, how they help improve children's health, and which New England states are currently piloting medical home models.
- December 4, 2009 Casey CHIP Amendment Senator Bob Casey (D - PA) introduced an amendment that would help protect and ensure health care coverage for low-income children by fully funding the CHIP program through 2019 and enhancing its benefits and protections.
- November 30, 2009 Senate Health Reform Bill Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released the Senate health reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Floor proceedings on the bill will begin the week of November 30th and are expected to continue through the end of December. This ale
- November 2, 2009 Improve Health Reform Provisions for Children Action steps for reaching out to Senators Dodd and Lieberman on the Senate health reform proposals.
- October 27, 2009 Improve Health Reform Provisions for Children Last week the Senate Finance Committee passed its health reform bill, becoming the last of the five committees of jurisdiction to do so. The current version of the Senate Finance bill includes a revised amendment from Senator Rockefeller (D - WV) that req
- October 8, 2009 CMS Summit & Health Reform Update Information about a national children's health insurance summit, a Senate Finance Committee amendment that maintains CHIP and Medicaid coverage for children, and affordability protections in the House and Senate health reform bills.
- October 8, 2009 CHIPRA Outreach and Enrollment Grants Awarded The U.S Department of Health and Human Services announced that it has awarded $40 million in grants to 69 organizations in 41 states to find and enroll children who are uninsured but eligible for Medicaid or CHIP.
- September 23, 2009 Senate Finance Committee Health Reform Bill Information about the current status of the Senate Finance Committee's health reform bill: Chairman Max Baucus (D - MT) released the Chairman's mark last week and Finance Committee members submitted a list of their proposed amendments last Friday.
