Illinois: Connecting Kids to Coverage is a collaborative of 12 Federally Qualified Health Centers providing outreach and enrollment to children, parents, and expectant mothers in a 10-county region. - Led by the Illinois Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA), the Illinois: Connecting Kids to Coverage (ILCKC) Collaborative consists of 12 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that serve the most vulnerable populations in a ten-county region in Illinois: :: Access Community Health Network (Cook and DuPage Counties); :: AHS Family Health Center (Cook County); :: Alivio Medical Center (City of Chicago); :: Community Health Care, Inc. (Rock Island County); :: Erie Family Health Centers (Cook and Lake Counties); :: Esperanza Health Centers (City of Chicago); :: Greater Family Health (Cook, DeKalb, and Kane Counties); :: Heartland Health Services (Peoria County); :: Shawnee Health Services and Development Corporation (Williamson County); :: Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation (St. Clair County); :: Tapestry360 Health (City of Chicago); and :: VNA Healthcare (Cook DuPage, Kane, and Will Counties). ILCKC is designed to: (1) identify uninsured children, parents, and pregnant women in the 10-county region; (2) assist with enrolling them in health coverage; and (3) provide ongoing support to ensure they maintain coverage. By the end of the five-year project period, the ILCKC Collaborative will enroll 46,689 individuals in health coverage across the ten-state region – 53.6% of which will be children; 26.4% will be parents; and 20% will be first-time expectant mothers. IPHCA will allocate 80% of the $3,000,000 project budget as sub-awards to each of the 12 FQHCs. These funds will support a half-time Application Agent at each FQHC who will be responsible for conducting outreach in the communities they serve and providing enrollment assistance and other supports. IPHCA will allocate the remaining 20% to provide training and administrative support to the FQHCs.
