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- 2002 - 2006
- 2006
- 2006 - 2011
- 2007 - 2009
- 2009
- 2010 - 2011
- 2010 - 2014
- 2013
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- 2014
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- 2015
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- 2015 - 2016
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- 2017 - 2018
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2002
CKF Started
Colorado Community Health Network (CCHN), receives a grant through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Covering Kids and Families initiative to start the Colorado Covering Kids and Families (CKF) project in partnership with Colorado Children’s Campaign and Catholic Charities.
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2002-2006
CKF Coalition Built
CKF builds a coalition of 200 community-based organizations, agencies, and individuals. The coalition influences policy to improve public health care programs and eliminate barriers for children and families.
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2006
CKF Receives Local Support
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ends their Covering Kids and Families initiative, however the CKF project remains at CCHN with continued support from local foundations.
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2006 – 2011
CKF Proposed Solutions to Reduce Barriers
CKF works to ensure that the citizenship and identity requirements introduced by the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), do not create unnecessary barriers to eligible families. Electronic identity checks, one solution which CKF advocates for, is implemented in 2011.
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2007 – 2009
CKF Advocates for the Children’s Health Insurance Program
CKF joins the SCHIP Reauthorization Coalition. President Obama signs the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), extending CHIP through September 2013.
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2009
CKF Publishes First Maze Report and Quarterly Enrollment Analysis
CKF publishes The Maze and our first Quarterly Enrollment Analysis.
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2010 – 2011
CKF Influences the Creation of the PEAK Application
CKF participates in the PEAK Steering Committee to provide feedback on the new electronic application which launches in 2011.
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2010 – 2014
CKF Influences Colorado’s Implementation of the ACA
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is signed into law on March 23, 2010. The law extends CHIP until September 2015, creates insurance exchanges, offers states the option to expand Medicaid, and extends many consumer protections. CKF attends state-level stakeholder discussions to ensure that implementation does not create new barriers to coverage.
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2013
CKF Supports Assisters and Monitors Implementation
Several pieces of state legislation remove barriers to coverage. CKF educates assisters about the changes and monitors implementation.
- Removal of the Medicaid and CHP+ eligibility stairstep
- Enhanced coverage for pregnant women with Medicaid
- Removal of bar for state employees to enroll in CHP+
- Removal of 3-month waiting period for CHP+
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2013
CKF Trains Assisters
CKF staff work with the PEAK Outreach Initiative and HCPF to design and provide ACA trainings to community-based assisters across Colorado.
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2014
CKF Monitors 12-Month Continuous Eligibility
After 12-month continuous eligibility for children with Medicaid and CHP+ was passed in the state legislature, CKF works with HCPF to monitor implementation.
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2014
CKF Expands Mission
After Colorado expands Medicaid to adults without dependent children and launches a health insurance marketplace, CKF expands our focus to include adults and marketplace programs. CKF’s coalition membership increases to 400+ community-based organizations, agencies, and individuals.
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2015
CKF Advocates for System Fixes
CKF works with HCPF to understand and address CHP+ caseload fluctuations, ultimately resulting is a system change which keeps more eligible kids enrolled in CHP+.
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2015
CKF Advocates for the Children’s Health Insurance Program
With All Kids Covered, CKF advocates for CHIP reauthorization. In May, CHIP is reauthorized until September 2017 through MACRA.
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2015 – 2016
CKF Advocates for System Fixes
The removal of the five-year bar to enroll in Medicaid or CHP+ for lawfully present children and pregnant women is implemented in June. CKF coalition members identify a system error, and staff advocate for a fix that is implemented in 2016.
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2016
CKF Advocates for Coloradans with Seasonal Income
CKF advocates for solutions to reduce churn for people with seasonal income, including annualized income methodology. HCPF implements the annualized income methodology in 2016.
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2016
CKF Supports Outreach to Community Corrections
After HCPF makes Medicaid available for people in community corrections, CKF convenes several meetings to discuss outreach to people in community corrections facilities.
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2017
CKF Hosts Building Better Health
CKF takes over the administration for the Building Better Health Conference through a grant from the Colorado Health Foundation. The 2017 conference is held on September 25 and 26.
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2017 – 2018
CKF Advocates for the Children’s Health Insurance Program
CKF works with All Kids Covered to ensure that Colorado’s congressional delegation understands the value of reauthorizing CHIP for Colorado’s kids and pregnant women. Funding for CHIP through 2027 is passed in February 2018.
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2018
CKF Publishes Annual Report and Launches New Logo
CKF publishes its first annual report, and launches a new logo.
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2018
CKF Hosts Building Better Health
CKF organizes and convenes the the 2018 Building Better Health conference on October 15 and 16.