Fwd: FW: Florida Kid Care

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For your information.

Please distribute and share this

information as appropriate.

Bob Wessels, Chairperson

Family Care Council, Area 10

From:

Podemos@...

Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005

11:33 PM

To: Podemos@...

Subject: Re: Florida Kid Care

In a message dated 1/11/2005

11:02:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, eseadvisoy@... writes:

Greetings All,

We are asking for your

help in passing along this information to make eligible parents aware

of the open enrollment period for Florida KidCare Insurance during the month of

January. Following is information on the program that was received today

from Ted Granger, President of United Way of Florida, about how

individuals can access an enrollment form. More detailed information and

application forms in several languages are available on the KidCare

website at http://www.floridakidcare.org/.

This insurance program is an affordable way for children to receive

quality healthcare who may not currently be covered.

We ask that you please pass

this information along to your employees, clients, etc. who may benefit

from this program.

Prepare to Enroll in KidCare in January

January is open enrollment for Florida

KidCare. KidCare is affordable, government-subsided, quality health care

insurance for children whose parents meet the income eligibility threshold and

do not have access to private insurance through their workplace.

For more information and to request an application

in Broward County call (954) INSURES (467-8737) or outside Broward

County call 305-468-KIDS (5437). The enrollment period ends on Jan. 30. Any

applications received after that date will be rejected.

To the relief of many, changes made during the

special session of the Florida Legislature in December made the application

process simpler, reducing multiple income verification requirements. Now only one of the following three documents is

required to prove income:

A completed federal income

tax 1040 form

A W2 form

A pay stub

Enrollment periods have been

reduced to only twice a year, so don't miss this important opportunity to

obtain health insurance for your child.

(This message

courtesy of Modesto Abety, President & CEO, The Children's Trust)

KidCare Application Now Available

The limited open enrollment means parents have just

one month to pickup, fill out and mail in

your application. The state is using a new form that will ONLY be

made available on Dec. 30, 2004. Do NOT use the old form.

Pick up an application:

The application is available throughout South Florida. Check a list of

local organizations for the one nearest you.

Download an application in

English, Spanish or Creole on the KidCare website: http://www.floridakidcare.org/.

In Broward County you can call (954) INSURES

(467-8737), or statewide you can call 305-468-KIDS

(5437) or throughout January 2005 to request that

an application be mailed to your home. Keep in mind it may take few days to get

the application so you might be better off downloading it from the Web.

Applications must be received by the January 30 deadline.

Thanks in advance for passing this

on...and for helping build a healthier and stronger community!

Doug

E. Weber

President

& CEO

United

Way of Broward County

Ansin

Building

1300

South s Avenue

Fort

Lauderdale, FL 33316

(954)

462-4850 Ext. 110

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