Background Materials on FamilyCare

FamilyCare is a Medicaid-waiver program that allows Illinois to provide health coverage to parents of children eligible for the state's KidCare or Medicaid programs. Below is a collection of materials on the FamilyCare program.

Official Materials

Letter from the Department of Health and Human Services approving the Illinois Department of Public Aid's request for a demonstration waiver to operate the FamilyCare program (September 2002)

Terms and Conditions of Demonstration Waiver

Illinois Department of Human Services Policy Memorandum Rolling Out FamilyCare (September 2002)

Illinois Welfare News Articles

Illinois Formally Applies for FamilyCare Waiver (March 2002)

FamilyCare Must Start in January 2003 (May 2002)

Governor's FamilyCare Proposal Is Included in the Budget:
Federal Waiver Is Last Step to Start Program (June 2002)

Federal Funding Approved, FamilyCare Begins This Month (October 2002)

Facts About FamilyCare (December 2002)

Governor Urged to Fund FamilyCare Fully in '04 Budget (March 2003)

Governor Makes It Law, Launches FamilyCare and KidCare Expansion (July 2003)

FamilyCare Advocates Must Spread the Word (August 2003)

Second Chance at KidCare, FamilyCare Funds (October 2003)

Governor's Budget Proposal Includes FamilyCare Expansion:
Fills $1.7 Billion Deficit Without Cuts in Health Care Programs (March 2004)

State Budget Remains in Limbo:
Fight for Crucial Antipoverty Programs Continues in New Fiscal Year (July 2004)

New FamilyCare Income Guidelines (August 2004)

Final Step of FamilyCare Implementation Will Help Workers (January 2005)

Governor's Budget Proposes Full FamilyCare Medicaid (February 2005)

Advocacy Materials

FamilyCare--Keep It in the FY06 Budget! (March 11, 2005)

SSNCPL Press Release Noting that 30 Percent of Low-Income, Working Mothers Lack Access to Health Insurance Coverage (May 10, 2001)

SSNCPL Press Release Noting That 29,000 Working Poor Could Benefit from Passage of FamilyCare (May 22, 2001)

SSNCPL Press Release Urging Passage of FamilyCare (May 30, 2001)

Op-Ed: Why We Can't Wait for FamilyCare (June 25, 2001)

Illinois Early Childhood Statewide Survey: FamilyCare Question Results (May 16, 2001)

Close to Six Million Mothers Lack Health Insurance Coverage (undated Background Brief)

FamilyCare Flyer (undated)