(SCHIP). The evaluation was funded through the $10 million appropriation in the BBRA. An interim report was sent to Congress … in 2003 that summarized states’ SCHIP designs and their early experiences with program implementation (Wooldridge et al … Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). The study focused mainly on SCHIP programs in California …

State Medicaid and SCHIP agencies provide vital health coverage to low-income populations and other groups, but they … Medicaid and SCHIP agencies in using a process change model to strengthen the way they approach enrollment and retention …, concluding that committed leadership and resources are an effective model for changing Medicaid and SCHIP enrollment and …

This report to Congress, the first from Mathematica's SCHIP evaluation for ASPE, is based on information collected in … 2001. It draws on case studies in six of the ten evaluation states: California, Colorado, Louisiana, Missouri, New York …, and Texas. Although current state budget shortfalls threaten funding, the evidence to date suggests that SCHIP is a …