Juntos Creando Cambios Task Force (JCC)

Mission Statement

Continue community organizing among primarily new immigrant families with a developmentally disabled famly member. Most family are Spanish-speaking, and the issues revolve around the many ways lack of language access within the Medicaid system prevents eligible non-English speaking people with disabilites from obaining the services and therapies they are entitled to receive.

Information

New Initiative Launches to Cover 100{c26b2cdaa54844935fe3e87f96cbe47fc488cd54936104a54835fc9f5b1a5c15} of Idaho Children

‘Idaho Kids Covered’ will work to promote affordable access to health coverage and care

Boise, ID—Today, Idaho Voices for Children announced a new advocacy initiative focused on ensuring that 100{c26b2cdaa54844935fe3e87f96cbe47fc488cd54936104a54835fc9f5b1a5c15} of Idaho kids have access to health coverage. Known as Idaho Kids Covered, this effort taps the state’s top children’s health experts to push forward a number of public policy goals focused on ensuring kids reach their full potential.

Idaho Kids Covered is a statewide network led by a dynamic steering committee, including:

• Idaho Academy of Family Physicians
• Idaho Council on Developmental Disabilities
• Idaho Primary Care Association
• Idaho Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
• Center for Community and Justice
• Juntos Creando Cambios Task Force
• Idaho Hospital Association
• Saint Alphonsus

For more information about the new Idaho Kids Covered initiative, read the rest of our press release below!