Case Study of Michigan: Exploring Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment Trends and their Links to Policy and Practice

The Covering Kids & Families (CKF) initiative was designed to help overcome barriers that made it difficult for children and adults to enroll, and stay enrolled, in Medicaid and SCHIP programs. This case study looks at enrollment trends in Michigan for children in Medicaid and in the Medicaid expansion portion of SCHIP from 1999 through late 2003. It also examines the activities of the CKF project and its interaction with state agency policy through early 2006, when the Michigan CKF grant ended.