What: Sign your children up for Childrens Medicaid and the Childrens Health Insurance Program CHIP,

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ATTENTION PARENTS!!!
DOES YOUR CHILD NEED HEALTH INSURANCE?

• What Sign your children up for Childrens
  Medicaid and the Childrens Health Insurance
  Program (CHIP), LOW-COST or FREE health
  insurance.
• Why
• Children who dont feel well, cannot see the
  blackboard, or hear the teacher do not go to
  school ready to learn or to succeed.
• More than 1 million children in Texas lack health
  insurance Nearly 90 of these
  children have at least one parent that works full
  time.
• A family of four can earn up to 40,000 a year
  and still qualify! (in 2006)
• Whats Covered
• Regular checkups and doctors visits, shots, and
  immunizations, prescriptions, hospitalizations,
  labs, x-rays, and care by mental health and
  medical specialists, vision, hospice benefits.
  CHIP dental benefits have been restored as of
  April 1, 2006.
• How Do I Apply
• Its easy! A simple, 3-page mail-in
  application. All thats required is your
  childs social security number and ONE of the
  following proofs of income
• Copy of one recent pay-check stub (last 60 days)
  OR
• Copy of your most recent federal income tax form
  OR
• A letter from your employer, verifying your
  income and should include employee name, the
  average amount earned, length of employment, and
  signed by the employer.
• (Proofs must be issued for each working parent)
• Children must be 0 18 years of age and
  
  U.S. Citizens or Legal Residents of the United
  States.

For more information, visit your School Nurse
or call 1 [phone].