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Ravenell, Nicole and LaCrystal Jackson. Offering Public Health Coverage Enrollment in Health Care Settings. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids & Families National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, May 2007.

Southern Institute on Children and Families. Covering Kids & Families: Promising practices from the nation's single largest effort to insure eligible children and adults through public health coverage. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids & Families National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, April 2007.

Lane, Penny, Joan Winchester, Mercedes Blanco, Leslie Ford and Jim Palumbo. Five Guidelines for Developing Customer-Friendly Web sites. Columbia SC: Covering Kids & Families National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, November 2006.

Lane, Penny, Mercedes Blanco, Leslie Ford and Holly Smith Mirenda. The Health Literacy Style Manual. Columbia SC: Covering Kids & Families National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, October 2005.

Pritts, Joy. An Introduction to the HIPPA Privacy Rule. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids & Families National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, January 2005.

Pritts, Joy. Questions and Answers About the HIPPA Privacy Rule and CKF Participants. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids & Families National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, February 2005.

Ravenell, Nicole, ed. The Burden of Proof: How Much is Too Much for Child Health Coverage? 2nd ed. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids & Families National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, October 2003.

Grant, Vicki C., and Nicole Ravenell. Guidelines for Collecting, Analyzing and Displaying Health Coverage Outcomes Eligibility Data, 2nd ed. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids & Families National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, October 2003.

Lessard, Gabrielle. Questions and Answers: Outreach, Enrollment and Immigration Issues. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids & Families National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, October 2003.

O’Brien, Ellen and Cindy Mann. Special Executive Summary Edition, Maintaining the Gains: The Importance of Preserving Coverage in Medicaid and SCHIP. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids & Families National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, July 2003.

O’Brien, Ellen and Cindy Mann. Maintaining the Gains: The Importance of Preserving Coverage in Medicaid and SCHIP. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids & Families National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, June 2003.

Grant, Vicki C., and Nicole Ravenell. CKF Primer: Understanding Policy and Improving Eligibility Systems. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids & Families National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, December 2002.

Mann, Cindy. Improving Coverage for Adults through Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids & Families National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, December 2002.

Cohen Ross, Donna, and Meg Booth. Involving the School Community in Children's Health Coverage Outreach. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, October 2001.

Cohen Ross, Donna, and Meg Booth. Enrolling Children in Health Coverage Programs: Schools Are Part of the Equation. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, October 2001.

Cohen Ross, Donna, and Meg Booth. Children's Health Coverage Outreach: A Special Role for School Nurses. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, October 2001.

Cohen Ross, Donna, and Meg Booth. Conducting Children's Health Coverage Outreach in Non-Traditional Educational Settings. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, October 2001.

Cohen Ross, Donna, and Meg Booth. Enrolling Children in Health Coverage Before They Start School: Activities for Early Childhood Programs. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, October 2001.

Cohen Ross, Donna. Enrolling Children in Health Coverage: It Can Start With School Lunch. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, January 2001.

Matacera Barr, Barbara. Stigma: A Paper for Discussion. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids & Families National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, February 2000.

Cohen Ross, Donna. Fostering a Close Connection: Report to Covering Kids on Options for Conducting Child Health Insurance Outreach and Enrollment Through the National School Lunch Program. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, January 2000.

Cohen Ross, Donna. Sources of Federal Funding for Children's Health Insurance Outreach. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, January 2000.

Cochran, Michelle, and Cindy Mann. Assuring That Child Health Applications Do Not Deter Enrollment Among Eligible Children in Non-Citizen Families. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, December 1999.

Shenkman, Elizabeth, Donna Hope Wegener, and Heather Steingraber. Monitoring and Evaluation of Outreach Strategies for Low-Income Children and Their Families. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, October 1999.

Cohen Ross, Donna. Community-Based Organizations: Paving the Way to Children's Health Insurance Coverage. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, March 1999.

Hartvigsen, Kristine. Electronic Communications: Where Websites Fit In. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, March 1999.

Grant, Vicki C. Guidelines for Collecting, Analyzing and Displaying Child Health Coverage Eligibility Outcomes Data. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, March 1999.

Mann, Cindy. The Ins and Outs of Delinking: Promoting Medicaid Enrollment of Children Who Are Moving In and Out of the TANF System. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, March 1999.

Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant. Simplification: The Make or Break Issue for Achieving Full Enrollment of Eligible, Uninsured Children. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, March 1999.

Sutton, Sharyn M. Developing Social Marketing Messages for Covering Kids. Columbia, SC: Covering Kids National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, March 1999.

Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Kristine Hartvigsen. The Burden of Proof: How Much is Too Much for Child Health Coverage? Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families, December 1998.

Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Kristine Hartvigsen. Report on Communication and Marketing Strategies Meeting. Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families, August 1998.