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Healthy Children
Idaho Kids Count collects the best available data
on child well-being, uses that information to educate policy
makers and citizens, and mobilizes community efforts that will
secure a better future for all children. Funded by the Annie E.
Casey Foundation. Project Director Linda Jensen 336-5533 xt 246
Starting Points for Idaho Youth
is a federally funded HRSA Healthy Tomorrows Project that
targets reaching and enrolling uninsured, low-income youth
in five rural and frontier Idaho counties. Additional
funding to reach Idaho uninsured children/youth comes from
the Paul G. Allen Foundation. Project Director Mary
Lou Kinney 336-5533 xt 253
Nutrition Works
is a sponsoring
organization for the Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) in Idaho that
provides food reimbursement money and nutrition training for licensed family
child care providers and child care centers. Project Director Barbara
Wilson 336-5533 xt 280
Early
Head Start
provides comprehensive health, social and
educational services for infants, toddlers, and their families
through family-centered and community-based efforts in Bonner and
Kootenai Counties in north Idaho. Project Director Chriss Gee 208-765-6955
xt 222 Fax: 208-664-4683
Cover Idaho Kids Project
funded by The Regence Foundation,
will help
school nurses in 15 rural Idaho school districts enroll uninsured children and
teens in the Idaho Health Plan Coverage Program (formerly called the CHIP/Medicaid).It is estimated that 27,000 Idaho children are
income-eligible for this state health insurance plan. Project Director Mary Lou
Kinney 336-5533 xt 253
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