In 1999 the Children’s Defense Fund cited CCRC’s Health Access Project in its “What’s Working” reports as a successful outreach and enrollment project. Since that time the Project has made great strides and has been further cited for its innovative ideas and practices to get children and families enrolled in Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insurance Programs (S-CHIP) and other health care programs here in Massachusetts.

Since the Project’s inception in Fiscal Year 1998, Health Access Project staff have worked with over 1100 new clients from across the state and have helped more than 130 families successfully enroll in free and reduced cost health insurance programs. But the work of the Project does not end once a family or individual is enrolled into a health insurance plan. Project staff provide on-going counseling and technical assistance to make certain that families use the preventive and acute-care services that they have access to and that they stay enrolled to ensure continuity of care for themselves and their children.

As we enter a new fiscal year, Project staff are excited to continue their work and look forward to new successes! If you would like more information about the Health Access Project or the services it provides, please contact Emily Goldstein at (617) 547-1063 ext. 295