Findings from a Southern California Pilot Project
For this report, The Children’s Partnership once again joined with California WIC Association to determine the extent to which WIC sites can increase health insurance for their participants, and the most effective strategies for doing so.
The report begins with an update on California’s efforts to enroll eligible families into health insurance coverage, including recent “Express Lane Eligibility” efforts. We then offer information that confirms WIC’s value as a health insurance enrollment vehicle. The report presents health coverage results from the Closing Health Care Gaps for WIC Families Project and an analysis of the continuing challenges and opportunities WIC agencies face in providing Medi-Cal and Healthy Families enrollment assistance. We conclude with a compelling blueprint for action that can help California’s next generation of Express Lane Eligibility efforts move forward through the WIC program.