Public Programs

National Organizations

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants Children (WIC) is a federally funded program that provides healthy supplemental foods and nutrition services for pregnant women, postpartum and breastfeeding women, infants and children under age five in a supportive environment. View the Federal WIC factsheet - Overview and Federal WIC factsheet - Serving migrant farmworkers and their families.

Federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program provides Supplemental income for blind or disabled children. View their page on Understanding SSI for Children

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - View their Medicaid At-a-Glance document from 2005. Includes a description of services, eligibility criteria, and information on State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP). Also view their 2010 Federal Poverty Guidelines.

Resource Page on Medicaid/CHIP from the Kaiser Family Foundation website - Coverage of children is a key element of the debate over reforming the U.S. health care system. The Foundation has several resources that explain the state of children's health and health care coverage, including the roles of Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Mid-Atlantic Organizations

Pennsylvania WIC - Also view their video on the Federal WIC food package as of October 2009.

Florida Organizations

Florida WIC – WIC is a federally funded nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children. WIC provides the following at no cost: healthy foods, nutrition education and counseling, breastfeeding support, and referrals for health care.

Florida KidCare - Through Florida KidCare, the state of Florida offers health insurance for children from birth through age 18, even if one or both parents are working.

Department of Children and Families, Medicaid -The ACCESS Florida Program is responsible for public assistance eligibility determination and ongoing case management of Food Assistance, Temporary Cash Assistance and Medicaid.

University of Florida Institute for Child Health Policy  focuses on the development and evaluation of community-wide programs and policies to promote child and adolescent health and positive health care outcomes. Initiatives include multidisciplinary research on health care financing and delivery systems, health care quality, and outcomes of care for all children but especially those with cancer and other chronic conditions.

University of South Florida, Lawton & Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies - The Chiles Center is dedicated to determining the most effective strategies, programs and systems for reducing illness and death among mothers, their infants and young children. It brings together experts in health care, program design and evaluation, and maternal and infant care from Florida universities and other state, national and international programs.