The Children's Health Council is an initiative of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, which is also working with DSS on its grant initiative. Our goal is bringing health coverage to every Connecticut child, and it's going take the best efforts of many dedicated people and organizations to accomplish. It works much like health insurance offered by a private employer. This means that affordable health insurance is potentially available to all families for their children.
Estimates vary on the number of uninsured children in Connecticut.
Minimum projections are in the tens of thousands, going up to 90,000. State officials consider that rate a good start, and are looking for bigger numbers as further outreach measures take effect. Connecticut's community-based outreach grant program has attracted calls from other states interested in that approach for their own children's insurance programs, said Marino. The advocacy group ranked Connecticut as one of the top four states for children's health insurance services. Copyright 1995-2001 State of Connecticut Department of Social Services .