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Annotation: This report presents findings from focus groups and surveys with parents and children in low-income households and interviews with community stakeholders to gather information about the barriers that families with low incomes face when trying to support children's physical activity. Topics include the types of activities children are doing to be physically active, what parents and children value about physical activity, the challenges parents and children face in their personal lives and their communities that make it difficult to support children's physical activity, and what communities can do to make it easier for children to be active. The appendices contain the study methodology, parent and youth survey results, focus group guides, parent and child surveys, and community stakeholder interview guide.

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Keywords: Barriers, Children, Colorado, Families, Focus groups, Interviews, Low income groups, Physical activity, Surveys

Annotation: This toolkit provides information and resources on assessing the feasibility of initiating school- linked oral health services and designing and building a sustainable school oral health pro- gram. Contents include resources for generating ideas, assessing community needs, creating a budget, developing a business plan, providing a rationale for activities, framing an idea, build- ing a program, and maintaining and sustaining a successful school oral health program. The toolkit also includes a data application (a targeted and focused electronic health record) that can be used to monitor children’s oral health status over time.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Barriers, Colorado, Community based services, Low income groups, Minority groups, Oral health, Oral health care, Preventive health services, Relationships, Rural population, School age children, School linked programs, State programs, Sustainability

Annotation: This issue brief explores how states can capitalize on the opportunities presented by health reform to improve birth outcomes, particularly through preconception health. It highlights state Title V maternal and child health programs, particularly programs in three states (Michigan, Oklahoma, and Oregon) that participated in an action learning collaborative and are working to strengthen partnerships to implement preconception health activities, enhance preventive care for women, explore financing options for preconception care services, and use data to inform policy and program development. Delaware and Colorado also are featured as states that are working toward improved access to preconception care.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Collaboration, Colorado, Data, Delaware, Financing, Health care reform, Learning, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon, Policy development, Preconception care, Preventive health services, Program development, Program improvement, Public private partnerships, State MCH programs, Title V programs, Women's health

Annotation: This report describes the implementation and evaluation of an innovative "Youth Advisor Model" adopted by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) in 2012, which integrates young people into state agency work to ensure programs and policies better reflect youth needs. The report includes examples of projects led by youth advisors, along with evaluations and findings related to these initiatives. It includes tables outlining the benefits and best practices associated with the model. This project was funded by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under grant number B04MC28087, Maternal and Child Health Service.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Community health aides, Community development, Children and youth projects, Colorado

Annotation: This document is the eighth in a series that presents descriptive and analytic findings from the national evaluation of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA) Quality Demonstration Grant Program. The document focuses on a joint CHIPRA quality demonstration project in Colorado and New Mexico in which the quality improvement goals include integrating the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) approach into school-based health centers (SBHCs). The document describes what motivated the states and SBHCs to adopt the PCMH approach, actions they are taking to strengthen SBHCs' medical home features, changes in the states' health care policies that are relevant to SBHCs being recognized as PCMHs, and what other states can do if they are interested in supporting SBHCs in their efforts to become medical homes.

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Keywords: Children's Health Insurance Program, Colorado, Demonstration programs, Medical home, New Mexico, Policy development, Program evaluation, Program improvement, Quality assurance, School based clinics, State programs

Annotation: This fact sheet compares benefits and cost-sharing requirements in separate non-Medicaid Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIPs) and child-only qualified health plans available to families with low and moderate incomes in five geographically representative states -- Colorado, Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and West Virginia -- that enroll all or almost all of CHIP-eligible children in separate programs. Contents include a brief summary of each state's current CHIP eligibility levels for its separate CHIP programs, type of CHIP benefit package, and type of health insurance exchanges. Additional topics include coverage for 28 mandatory and optional service categories defined under the CHIP statute.

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Keywords: Adolescents, Children, Children's Health Insurance Program, Colorado, Comparative analysis, Cost sharing, Eligibility, Georgia, Health care reform, Individualized health plans, Low income groups, Medicaid, Oregon, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, State programs, Texas, West Virginia

Annotation: This document profiles the various ways that U.S. states and communities are structuring, implementing, and evaluating intensive care coordination (ICC) using the wraparound approach for children and youth with significant mental health conditions. The document defines wraparound as a structured approach to service planning and care coordination for individuals with complex needs that is built on a system of care and adheres to specified procedures. Contents include the evidence base for wraparound and information on established, evolving, and emerging ICC/wraparound programs.

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Keywords: Children, Colorado, Community programs, Coordination planning, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mental health, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Patient care, Pennsylvania, Program coordination, Rhode Island, Service coordination, State programs, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Youth

Annotation: This document provides a series of case studies on state models to support neonatal intensive care unit follow-up programs. The document also includes national resources for state Title V programs as they continue to develop and support similar programs. Models from the following states are described: Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, For each model, an overview is provided, followed by a discussion of partners and funding and successes and contact information.

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Keywords: Arizona, California, Case studies, Colorado, Costs, Family support services, Financing, Health services, Infant health, Iowa, Premature infants, Programs, State initiatives

Annotation: This brief examines how the transition of children from the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to Medicaid after the Affordable Care Act goes into effect will affect children, families, and states. The brief offers an introduction to the issue and and overview (including the number of children affected, how children and families will be affected, benefits, cost sharing, enrollment and renewal procedures, access to care, fiscal impact on states, and administrative efficiency). The brief also discusses lesson learned from New York and Colorado from their early transition of coverage (including how children have transitioned, how families have been notified about changes, how delivery systems have affected alignment, and how providers were engaged in the process). Other models used to coordinate CHIP and Medicaid are also discussed.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescents, Children, Children's Health Insurance Program, Colorado, Costs, Eligibility, Enrollment, Families, Health care delivery, Health care reform, Infants, Legislation, Low income groups, Medicaid, New York, Program coordination, State programs, Statistical data, Transitions

Annotation: This paper looks at how language-access issues affect patients, policymakers, and health professionals in Colorado. The paper examines the importance of language access in health care, provides policymakers with an overview of existing legal requirements and additional policy opportunities for consideration, and offers health professionals approaches to improving language access. The Affordable Care Act and Medicaid are discussed as they related to language-access issues. Case studies showing how some Colorado organizations have made strides in improving language access are included.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Case studies, Colorado, Health care reform, Language barriers, Legislation, Medicaid, Program, Public policy, State initiatives

Annotation: This report provides a baseline comparison of coverage and costs to consumers in separate Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) plans and benchmark plans in select states; describes how coverage and costs might change in 2014; and describes how access to care by CHIP children compares to other children nationwide. Examples are provided from five states: Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, New York, and Utah.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Children, Children's Health Insurance Program, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, New York, Utah, Case studies, Families, Health care financing, State programs

Annotation: This final report describes a Colorado oral health project to increase the number of children with a dental home by addressing three areas: (1) increasing the number of dental visits by age 1 for children at highest risk for oral disease, (2) improving access to oral health services for children with special health care needs through the medical home approach, and (3) expanding access to restorative care through school-based dental sealant programs. Contents include a summary of each goal, with activities listed. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Access to health care, Children with special health care needs, Colorado, Final reports, Medical home, Oral health, School age children, State initiatives, Young children

Annotation: This issue brief highlights the efforts of state Title V maternal and child health (MCH) programs and their partners in Colorado, Florida, Ohio, and Vermont to integrate public and private health care services for women and children with low incomes and their families. The brief outlines the roles and strategies of state agencies and shows how these programs have already begun to improve children's health and reduce health care costs. Topics include new opportunities for public-private partnerships; how state MCH programs can promote service integration; engaging key stakeholders, including families; building systems to service children with special health care needs; providing or paying for care coordination; developing standards and promoting quality; and lessons for other states.

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Keywords: Child health, Children with special health care needs, Colorado, Costs, Families, Financing, Florida, Health care systems, Health services, Low income groups, MCH programs, Ohio, Program coordination, Service coordination, State programs, Title V programs, Vermont, Women's health

Annotation: This series of reports describe federal funding for chronic disease prevention programs in six states (Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Washington) and the potential impact on the individuals served by these programs if federal funds are reduced or eliminated. The report addresses programs and impacts in the following areas: breast, cervical, and colon cancer; diabetes; domestic violence and sexual assault; heart disease and stroke; oral health; and tobacco.

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Keywords: Accountability, Alaska, Block grants, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Colorado, Idaho, New Hampshire, Program budgeting, Public health services, South Carolina, State programs, Washington

Annotation: This manual provides information on planning, implementing, evaluating, and promoting a program that provides oral health screenings and dental sealants for students in second grade in Colorado. Contents include information about the program’s history and the sealant-placement process, school-based vs. school-linked programs, retention checks and follow-up, evaluation, and budget. The appendices contain surveys; consent letters, forms, and report cards for families; data and referral forms; a sample press release; a fact sheet and brochure on sealants; and other resources. Selected materials are available in English and Spanish. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Children, Colorado, Dental sealants, Oral health, Parents, Prevention programs, School age children, Screening, Spanish language materials, State initiatives

Annotation: This paper examines cost-recovery and cost-reduction strategies and provides recommendations to increase the availability of reproductive health services (sexuality education, behavioral risk assessment, counseling, pregnancy testing, contraception or referral for contraception, and the diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infection) in Colorado school-based health centers.

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Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Adolescent health, Adolescent pregnancy, Adolescent sexuality, Colorado, Contraception, Costs, Counseling, Diagnosis, Pregnancy tests, Referrals, Reproductive health, Risk factors, School health services, Sexuality education, Sexually transmitted diseases, State programs, Treatment

Annotation: This paper provides background information about the medical home and medical-home-related legislation in Colorado, with an emphasis on the Colorado Medical Home Initiative and how it has impacted school-based health centers. Other topics discussed include Colorado medical home standards, who is eligible to become a certified medical home provider, compensation, the Colorado medical home certification process, definitions, resources available to certified medical home providers, and pros and cons of becoming a certified medical home.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescent health, Child health, Colorado, Health professionals, Initiatives, Legislation, Medicaid, Medical home, Prevention, Reimbursement, School health, State iniatitives, Treatment

Annotation: This adolescent reproductive health toolkit includes Colorado-specific statutes and information related to minor consent and confidentiality. Adapted from a toolkit developed by the Adolescent Health Working Group and the Adolescent Health Collaborative, the tooklit includes legal information, charts on minor consent and confidentiality, practice tools, resource sheets, online resources and research, information addressing issue of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and health education handouts for adolescents and their parents or guardians. The information applies to teens who use school-based health centers, and to teens accessing services in a variety of medical settings.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Colorado, Confidentiality, Consent, Parental consent, Patient consent, Reproductive health, State legislation

Annotation: This paper explores the question of whether current mechanisms for public financing of behavioral heath services support the school-based health center (SBHC) mission of providing accessible and integrates physical and behavioral health care to all students in Colorado regardless of ability to pay. The paper describes federal and state funding streams that currently support behavioral health for underserved children and adolescents and identifies opportunities and challenges for sustaining integrated care. Topics include Colorado's behavioral health safety net system, financing behavioral health services provided by Colorado SBHCs, and opportunities and challenges for SBHCs striving to provide integrated care without regard for ability to pay.

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Keywords: State programs, Access to health care, Adolescent health, Behavior, Child health, Colorado, Financing, Health services, Health systems, Income factors, Low income groups, School health, Students

Annotation: This paper focuses on Colorado school-based health centers' (SBHCs') provision of preventive and primary reproductive health services, including human sexuality education, behavioral risk assessment, counseling, pregnancy testing, contraception or referral to contraception, and diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted infection. Topics include documenting the need for reproductive health services, defining preventive and primary reproductive health services offered in an SBHC, and SBHCs and the law.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescent health, Adolescent sexuality, Colorado, Contraception, Counseling, Diagnosis, Health services, Legislation, Pregnancy tests, Prevention, Referral, Reproductive health, Risk assessment, School health, Sexuality education, State programs, Treatment