Know your rights, where to get help and ways to help yourself
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Health Insurance
Colorado Indigent Care Program (CICP)
This program provides services on a sliding scale depending on the patient's resources and income. It also provides partial reimbursement to providers for offering medical care to eligible underinsured residents.
By: Colorado Legal Services
Find Health Insurance Coverage for Your Child
(Separate Website)
This resource describes specific initiatives towards expanding health care coverage in Colorado and helps individuals with eligibility information in finding health care coverage.
By: Cover the Uninsured
Children's Basic Health Plan (CHP+)
(Separate Website)
Health insurance coverage for children 18 years and younger from low-income families . This program also offers health care options for uninsured pregnant women.
By: Child Health Plan Plus
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Spanish / Español
A guide to the appeal process for private insurance
(Separate Website)
Tips on how to appeal a denial if you have private insurance.
By: Patient Advocate Foundation
Coverage for your newborn or newly adopted child
(Separate Website)
Make sure your baby's health needs will be covered.
By: National Health Law Program - HealthCareCoach.com
How does a person know if he/she qualifies for Medicaid?
(Separate Website)
If you are pregnant now or have children born after September 30, 1983, you may qualify for Medicaid.
By: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Health coverage for your special needs child
(Separate Website)
When your child has special health care needs, the Medicaid program may offer the coverage that you need to keep your child healthy and active.
By: National Health Law Program - HealthCareCoach.com
Health insurance for college students
(Separate Website)
Check out these tips for taking care of your child's health insurance needs if you have a son or daughter who is getting ready to leave for college.
By: National Health Law Program - HealthCareCoach.com
Paying the hospital bill after having a baby
(Separate Website)
Information on a law which requires health insurance companies to cover hospital stays of a certain length after child birth.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
Private Insurance Checklist
(Separate Website)
Questions to guide you as you learn about a managed care plan and the needs of a child with special health care needs.
By: Family Voices
Children's Mental Health: Resource List
(Separate Website)
Links to resources about medications, special needs, school, behavior, depression, coping skills for children and adolescents.
By: Mental Health America
Child Mental Health Treatment Act
(Separate Website)
The Act allows families to access residential treatment services for their child without requiring a dependency and neglect action, when there is no child abuse or neglect.
By: Colorado Department of Human Services
Child Welfare and Mental Health
(Separate Website)
Creating a level playing field for all children is a mission that CDF cannot accomplish alone. We often work with or refer people to many other organizations nationwide who are working to improve the lives of children. A list of some of them is on this site.
By: Children's Defense Fund
Protect your family's health...with confidence
(Separate Website)
Explains how you can get low-cost or free health coverage and answers questions about children's health coverage when a parent is not a U.S. citizen. Also a guide for families with concerns about immigration status.
By: Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+)
Applying for disability benefits for your child
(Separate Website)
These factsheets tell you what you should know when you apply for SSI disability benefits for your child and what information and documents for your child that you will need for the disability interview.
By: Social Security Administration
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Spanish / Español
Colorado PEAK
(Separate Website)
This interactive website allows potential applicants the ability to check for possible eligibility for food assistance, cash assistance, and medical assistance through the "Am I Eligible" function, and allows existing clients to check the status of their benefits through the"Check My Benefits" function.
By: Colorado Dept. of Human Services
Read this in:
Spanish / Español
Protecting Children from Pesticides
(Separate Website)
This site explains why pesticides are harmful to a child's development.
By: Environmental Protection Agency
Talk with a Lawyer on Law Line 9
An advice line providing brief direction on legal problems.
By: Channel 9 News in Denver, Colorado
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