Child Health and Nutrition Mini-Plenary Sessions and Workshops What’s Next for Health Reform? Ensuring Affordable Health Coverage for Every Child Mini-Plenary
Elisabeth Wright Burak, Senior Program Director, Center for Children and Families, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Sharon Adams-Taylor, Associate Executive Director, American Association of School Administrators, AASA Donna Cohen Ross, Senior Policy Advisor, Centers for Medicaid and CHIP Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Amy Swanson, CEO, Voices for Ohio’s Children
Wednesday, July 25 1:30 – 3:00
Learn about the early health coverage expansion for millions of children, young adults, and families since passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 and the gains yet to come now that the Supreme Court has upheld its constitutionality. Take action to ensure that states implement coverage expansions and design simple and seamless systems for families to enroll in Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) or the new health insurance exchanges. Explore promising strategies to enroll uninsured children in health coverage including the Connecting Kids to Coverage Challenge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Education, and CDF’s partnership with the American Association of School Administrators to enroll uninsured children in health coverage through local schools.
Sign Them Up! Best Practices in Child Health Enrollment
Sharon Adams-Taylor, Associate Executive Director, American Association of School Administrators Juanita Elizondo, Director of Corporate Relations, Fiesta Mart, Inc. Dawn Meyers, Director of Social Work, Clarke County School District, Athens, GA Beth Quill, Executive Director, CDF-Texas Donna Cohen Ross, Senior Policy Advisor, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Tuesday, July 24 4:30 – 6:00
There are about 8 million uninsured children in the United States, about 4 million of whom are eligible for but not enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid. It’s time to sign them up! Hear about hands-on successful strategies that community, business, faith and school leaders can use to enroll uninsured children in health coverage. Healthy Children are Better Students: Closing the Achievement Gap through Strong Health and Nutrition Programs
Kathleen King, Executive Director, Santa Clara Family Health Foundation Charles Basch, Ph.D., Richard March Hoe Professor of Health Education, Columbia University Teachers College Eve Bolton, President, Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education Dr. Marilyn Crumpton, Medical Director, Division of School and Adolescent Health, Cincinnati Health Department Rochelle Davis, President & CEO, Healthy Schools Campaign
Monday, July 23 1:30 – 3:00
Good health and proper nutrition are essential to a child’s well-being and ability to perform in school. Low-income and minority children are more likely to be uninsured and living in food insecure households than their White peers. This session shares research linking disparities in health and nutrition to educational outcomes and emphasizes the importance of addressing health and nutrition in closing the achievement gap. Promising school-based strategies to link children with health coverage, provide on-site health services, and ensure no child goes hungry during the school day will be highlighted.
Fighting Childhood Obesity
Madeleine Levin, Senior Policy Analyst, Food Research Action Center Dalila Butler, Program Coordinator, Prevention Institute Rochelle Davis, President & CEO, Healthy Schools Campaign Rebecca Kelley, Vice President, YMCA of Greater Cincinnati
Tuesday, July 24 10:45 – 12:15
Experts estimate one-third of children in America are currently overweight or obese, and these rates have tripled among children ages 12-19 since 1980. Diseases once associated only with adults, like type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure, are on the rise at younger and younger ages. Right now our country spends $150 billion a year treating obesity-related
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diseases—nearly 10 percent of all medical spending. Childhood obesity has become an epidemic that threatens our future national health, productivity, and security unless something can be done to stop and reverse the trend. This session will explore promising approaches to fight childhood obesity and promote healthy eating habits and physical activity in children’s homes, schools and in the larger community. End Child Hunger in Rich America Now Monday, July 23 3:30 – 5:00
Kelly Beckwith, Project Director for Child Nutrition, Hunger and Obesity, American Association of School Administrators Charlie Kozlesky, Senior Vice President, School & Summer Nutrition, Children’s Hunger Alliance Madeleine Levin, Senior Policy Analyst, Food Research Action Center Jessica Shelly, Food Service Director, Cincinnati Public Schools How can we ensure every child starts the school day without an empty stomach and doesn’t go to bed hungry? Almost 32 million children are fed each year in the National School Lunch Program. Less than half of those children participate in the School Breakfast program and only one in nine participate in the summer feeding program. Explore strategies to expand access to and the quality of vital food supplement programs with long track records of success, including the WIC program (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children), SNAP/food stamps, the School Lunch and School Breakfast programs and summer feeding programs. These investments not only make it possible for millions of children to eat well, they also improve their overall health.
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