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REACH BC+ has been made possible through the generous support of the Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, the Helen Bader Foundation, the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Foundation and federal matching funds secured through the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

REACH BC+:  Retention and Enrollment to Achieve Children’s Health and Build Capacity

 

Covering Kids & Families’ REACH BC+ project works with schools to be a vital link between Wisconsin residents and enrollment in BadgerCare+, Wisconsin’s public health insurance program.

 

Specifically, we seek to enhance the capacity of schools to better assist families struggling with health insurance needs by:

  • Increasing knowledge among school and community staff about eligibility and enrollment options, positioning them to assist uninsured children who present themselves in the school setting (reactive capacity);
  • Spurring action among school and community staff to proactively promote coverage options, identify uninsured children and provide assistance using formal outreach plans with specific timelines, well‐defined roles, and benchmarks for execution;
  • Effecting systems’ changes in schools and community organizations so that this level of engagement in the health insurance needs of families is an expected and sustainable part of schools’ missions.

For more information about our school-based outreach view our REACH BC+ one page description.  

Central to the project are engaged school staff, community partners, and the CKF Toolbox for Schools and Communities http://www.ckfwi.org/toolbox.html.

 

REACH BC+ began in June 2010 and is currently active in five regions of Wisconsin:

 

Milwaukee Public Schools

Southwestern Wisconsin / CESA 3

Dane County / Madison Metropolitan School District

Southeastern Wisconsin, CESA 1 

Northeastern Wisconsin, CESA  8

 

Strategies in each area are localized to the needs, capacity and interests already in place. They are designed to be flexible given the ever-changing landscape of health coverage options available to Wisconsin residents, and to be sustainable beyond the initial implementation in each part of the state.