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CDF Texas News - 2008

DECEMBER

African-American News - Dec 31, 2008
Texas Medicaid Drops by 72,000 in Children's Medicaid

Houston Chronicle - December 28, 2008
A Sure Thing: Betting on the market is risky. Investing in children is wiser than ever

Austin American Statesman - December 23, 2008
Texas extends Medicaid coverage to children in Southeast Texas

AP Texas News (Chron.com) - December 23, 2008
Texas extends health coverage for children

KRISTV Corpus Christi - December 23, 2008
Texas extends health coverage for children

Austin American Statesman - December 22, 2008
Texas extends Medicaid coverage to children in southeast Texas

Dallas Morning News - December 22, 2008
Medicaid coverage extended for 34,000 Texas children

Dallas Morning News - December 22, 2008
Thousands of kids in Hurricane-Ike affected areas may lose insurance

Marshall News Messenger - December 20, 2008
Thousands may lose health coverage

KUHF Houston Public Radio News - Dec. 19, 2008
Kids Health Insurance Applications Lost After Ike

News8 Austin - December 19, 2008
Thousands of children may lose health coverage

KSWO Lawton,OK/Wichita Falls,TX - Dec. 19, 2008
Thousands of children may lose health coverage

Beaumont Enterprise - December 19, 2008
Health Commission will check in with eligible children's Medicaid families this week

Port Arthur News - December 19, 2008
Children of Ike victims may lose health coverage

Chron.com Noticias en Español - Dec. 19, 2008
Miles de niños podrían quedar sin cobertura de salud a fin de año

Houston Chronicle - December 19, 2008
36,000 children may lose health coverage by end of year

Houston Chronicle AP - December 19, 2008
Thousands of children may lose health coverage

AP Texas News Briefs - December 19, 2008
Ike-Medicaid. Thousands of children may lose health coverage

Austin American Statesman - December 18, 2008
Children’s Medicaid enrollment projected to drop by 72,000

The Examiner (SE Texas) - December 18, 2008
Defending Children

Beaumont Enterprise - December 10, 2008
Uninsured families in Texas find hope in 2009

KBTV4 SE-TX - December 10 2008
Children's Defense Fund Spokesperson Speaks about Children's Insurance

Rio Grande Guardian - December 10, 2008
Edinburg CISD's success with CHIP Enrollment getting attention across Texas

NOVEMBER

Galveston County Daily News - Nov. 26, 2008
Children lacking insurance a growing problem

KTRH Newsradio AM740 - November 21, 2008
Cradle to Prison Pipeline interview with Barbara Best

88.7FM KUHF - November 20, 2008
Dismantling the Cradle to Prison Pipeline

Houston Chronicle - November 14, 2008
Bentsen: Bring back $800 million in children's health funds. Who will step forward in Austin to change policy?

KHOU - November 7, 2008
Some middle-class families struggling to pay for their kids' health care

Austin American Statesman - November 4, 2008
Letters: Re: Oct. 29 editorial "U.S. should not outsource patients."

Bryan/College Station Eagle - November 3, 2008
A Race Texas Must Win for Children

OCTOBER

Dallas Morning News - October 30, 2008
Editorial: Medicaid changes would help families, save money

Austin American Statesman - October 30, 2008
Most uninsured Texas children have working parents: State still tops the nation in uninsured children

San Antonio Express-News - October 22, 2008
Group trying to keep uninsured youths in spotlight

Bryan/College Station Eagle - October 22, 2008
Group aims to aid uninsured kids

SEPTEMBER

Earth Times - September 9, 2008
FDIC Chairman Holds Panel Discussion on Consumer Protections and Financial Education

AUGUST

Houston Chronicle - August 26, 2008
Texas remains No. 1 in uninsured

HISD News - August 20, 2008
Report shows more uninsured children now obtaining health coverage

Houston Chronicle - August 20, 2008
HISD aids health insurance effort. Forms now ask about coverage; 17,000 added to CHIP in past year

KHOU Ch. 11 - August 20, 2008
Houston: Student insurance program a success

Univision 45 - August 20, 2008
100% Campaign Report to the Community

Houston's CW39 - August 19, 2008
HISD Campaigns for Child Healthcare -- The "100% Campaign"

KPRC Local 2 Houston - August 19, 2008
Local 2 News at 4

88.7FM Houston Public Radio - August 19, 2008
Houston Improves Health Insurance for Kids

Houston Chronicle - August 14, 2008
Mr. Cornyn, listen to the Uninsured

Houston Chronicle - August 14, 2008
Out of touch: Senator's depiction of Texas' health care system as a national role model departs from reality

Dallas Morning News - August 11, 2008
State expects flat growth for Children's Health Insurance Program

JULY

Starr County Crier - July 23, 2008
Guerra-Cardus: The Growing Crisis of Uninsured Children in America

JUNE

Rio Grande Guardian - June 10. 2008
HEB stores to host health insurance sign-up events

MAY

South Texas Chisme - May 15, 2008
South Texas CHIP enrollment up, but all eligible children still not covered

Valley Morning Star - May 15, 2008
Many children still aren't enrolled in CHIP

The Brownsville Herald - May 14, 2008
Work continues to boost CHIP enrollment

The Monitor.com - May 14, 2008
CHIP enrollment booming but many eligible children still not covered

KPRC Local 2 Houston - May 2, 2008
Student Beats Odds to Win Scholarship

The Journey Blogspot - May 2, 2008
Cover the Uninsured!

"Mom's Speak Up" Online Blog - May 2, 2008
Interview with Laura Guerra-Cardus of the Children’s Defense Fund

Rio Grande Guardian - May 2, 2008
CDF-RGV welcomes new campaign to insure every Texas child

APRIL

Texas State Radio Network – April 30, 2008
This Week in Austin - Lead interview with Anne Dunkelberg, Center for Public Policy Priorities

88.7 FM KUHF - April 30, 2008
Getting Kids Insurance

Austin American Statesman - April 30, 2008
Statesman.com Videoplayer of Press Conference

Marshall News Messenger - April 30, 2008
Advocates: Insure all Texas children
State has nation's highest rate of uninsured children

Austin American Statesman - April 30, 2008
Bentsen: Let's help get Texas kids insured

El Paso Times - April 30, 2008
5,000 more El Paso children sign up for health plan

Lubbock Online - April 30, 2008
More kids getting health coverage, but still work to do

Fort Worth Star-Telegram - April 30,2008
Texas lawmakers vow to press for expansion of health insurance for children

AP Texas News - April 30, 2008
More kids enrolled in CHIP, but state lags in coverage

Rio Grande Guardian - April 29, 2008
CDF-RGV welcomes new campaign to insure every Texas child

Houston Chronicle - April 29, 2008
CHIP shows successes, but advocates seek more.
Lawmakers say 1.5 million children are still uninsured.

KEYE 42 CBS News (Austin) - April 29, 2008
Program aims to ensure Texas children's health

Marshall News Messenger - April 24, 2008
Texas to temporarily extend enrollment period
Workload issues led to change

Houston Chronicle - April 11, 2008
Can do. Hospitals, businesses and advocates took politics out of health insurance and covered 100,000 more kids

KPRC Local 2 Houston - April 2, 2008
Student Beats Odds To Win Scholarship

MARCH

Houston Chronicle - March 21, 2008
From adversity springs hope: Teens who 'beat the odds' get money for college

Houston Chronicle - March 17, 2008
Shelby Hodge: Saluting children's helpers

88.7 FM KUHF - March 14, 2008
Cradle to Prison: Youth Incarcerations

FEBRUARY

Rumbo Magazine - February 21, 2008
Lanzan campañas para inscribir a más niños de Houston en CHIP

Houston Business Journal - February 13, 2008
H-E-B to sponsor children's health care drive

Jasper Newsboy - February 13, 2008
Grant will help Texas' efforts to insure children

The Monitor - February 12, 2008
For the children: Agencies push to enroll youths in state health insurance program

Dallas Morning News - February 10, 2008
Dallas community roundtable focuses on breaking cycle of incarceration

Rio Grande Guardian - February 6, 2008
CDF-RGV announces Children's Health Insurance Awareness Month

Rio Grande Guardian - February 1, 2008
Perry: EITC provides asset building opportunities

Rio Grange Guardian - February 1, 2008
King: EITC is a win-win-win for the Valley

Rio Grange Guardian - February 1, 2008
Ahlenius: EITC can be the Valley's very own economic stimulus package

DBA Media (formerly Minority Executive Report) - February 2008 Issue
H-E-B Puts CHIPs on Its Shoulders

JANUARY

88.7 FM KUHF - January 23, 2008
CHIP Rolls Grow But More Needs to be Done

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America's Promise Alliance features CDF's 100% Campaign "Back to School 2009" outreach toolkit, presentation by Kelli King-Jackson

CDF's 100% Campaign awarded Leadership Houston's 2009 Leadership in Action Award

2009 Diversity Summit: How Creating a Healthy, Educated Workforce Will Strengthen Our Future, presentation by Barbara Best

Rice University's Baker Institute Policy Report: The Economic Impact of Uninsured Children in America (June 2009)

Greater Houston Partnership Report: Dollars & Sense: Texas Taxes and Uninsured Children (March 2009)