CDF Texas News - 2006

• Houston Chronicle - December 25, 2006
  Undoing the Damage: Texas Health and Human Services acknowledges the shortcomings of its privatization plan.

• Associated Press - December 22, 2006
  State scaling back social services privatization

• Houston Chronicle - December 22, 2006
  State cuts social services contract / Accenture deal to be reduced by $356 million, end 2 years early over backlogs, errors

• Houston Chronicle - December 5, 2006
  Texas shows health upturn / State inches up two spots in U.S. ranking, but analysis finds problems linger

• Houston Chronicle - November 16, 2006
  Editorial: CHIP-ing in

• Houston Chronicle - November 16, 2006
  Viewpoints, Outlook: One parent's CHIP lament

• Child Watch™ Column - October 27, 2006
  Holding Politicians to Promises

• Houston Chronicle - October 20, 2006
  Editorial: Intolerable Delay

• Houston Chronicle - October 16, 2006
  Battle to Keep Houston boy insured as he fought cancer is poignant example of how bureaucracy can hinder care

• Austin American Statesman - October 18, 2006
  State should examine whether Spanish-speakers face barriers in CHIP enrollment

• Houston Chronicle - October 6, 2006
  Complete forms no guarantee for CHIP; Surveys find families did the paperwork but still lost coverage

• Dallas Morning News - October 6, 2006
  CHIP numbers rebound

• Fort Worth Star Telegram - October 6, 2006
  Half of Families who lost CHIP coverage criticize renewal process

• San Antonio Express News - October 6, 2006
  Missing Info Supplied; kids still lose CHIP

• Fort Worth Star Telegram - August 30, 2006
  Poverty Rate Near Double

• Child Watch™ Column - August 11, 2006
  Children's Health Insurance: Stories from the Field

• KUHF 88.7 FM Radio - August 9, 2006
  After cuts, CHIP attempts a comeback

• Houston Chronicle - August 8, 2006
  Getting More Children is Goal: as CHIP rolls fall, there's a new urgency to annual sign-up campaign

• Child Watch™ Column - August 4, 2006
  Back to School with a Healthy Start

• Houston Chronicle - July 29, 2006
  Children's insurance advocate seeks help: Children's Defense Fund petition demands national coverage

• Austin American Statesman - July 28, 2006
  One family's struggle with CHIP

• Fort Worth Star Telegram - July 27, 2006
  Families, advocates beg for scrutiny of human services programs

• Austin American Statesman - July 27, 2006
  Lawmakers hear update on Accenture

• Houston Chronicle - July 26, 2006
  House panel holds CHIP hearing today: Parents, others to testify about troubles with firm that handles the insurance plan

• Houston Chronicle - July 26, 2006
  Blunders hurt needy children

• Houston Chronicle - July 17, 2006
  Second Thoughts: Massive contract with a private CHIP screening company

• Houston Chronicle - June 18, 2006
  Global Honor for Child Advocate

• Houston Chronicle Editorial - June 7, 2006
  Black Hole
  

• Houston Chronicle - April 29, 2006
  CHIP grants reprieve in 28,000 cases

• KUHF 88.7 FM Radio - April 26, 2006
  Uninsured Texans (Cover the Uninsured Week)

• Houston Chronicle - April 23 and 28, 2006
  Letters to the Editor

• Houston Chronicle - April 20, 2006
  Editorial: Admit It

• Texas AP Wire - April 11, 2006
  CHIP enrollment falls fourth straight month

• Houston Chronicle - April 11, 2006
  Enrollment drops a fourth time in children's insurance program

• San Antonio Express News - April 10, 2006
  Editorial: Something's wrong with Texas CHIP

• Houston Chronicle - March 26, 2006
  Spindled and Twisted

• Houston Chronicle - March 18, 2006
  Confusion over health insurance leaves children suffering

• Dallas Morning News - March 4, 2006
  Health coverage restored to thousands of children

• Houston Chronicle - March 3, 2006
  Insurance restored to 6,000 kids

• Houston Chronicle - March 1, 2006
  Thousands more children uninsured

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