CHIP:The Child’s Health Insurance Program is administered by theU.S. Department of Health and Human Services(HHS). It provides low-cost health care to children in households that don't qualify for Medicaid. This program covers benefits for children including dental care. Special needs assistance...
Children like Connor, whose families make too much to qualify for Medi-Cal, are eligible for the program when they live in nursing facilities or institutions because in those situations, parental income isn't taken into account. At home, however, they can lose that eligibility unless they get ...
And we did qualify for WIC–a program which provides milk, cheese, eggs, cereal, some produce, rice, tortillas, bread, juice and beans. Not all of it was healthy, and a lot of it we couldn’t use because of food allergies, but sometimes that rice and beans got us through until the...
Children like Connor, whose families make too much to qualify for Medi-Cal, are eligible for the program when they live in nursing facilities or institutions because in those situations, parental income isn't taken into account. At home, however, they can lose that eligibility unless they get ...