With billions of dollars going to children enrolled in CHIP (Community HOME Investment Program), now would be a GREAT time to update your preschool vision screening material.

Date: June 19, 2009
For Release: Immediately
Contact: HHS Press Office
(202) 690-6343

Headline: HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Release of $6 Billion in New CHIP Funds to Insure Children

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that $6 billion in new federal funds will be made available to states and U.S. territories for fiscal year 2009 to provide health care to millions of children across America through their Children’s Health Insurance Programs (CHIP).

The new funds for CHIP were made available by the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA), which was signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 4. CHIPRA provides additional funding that will help states and territories maintain existing CHIP enrollment and expand their programs.

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