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Reports
Annual Reports
Southern Institute on Children
and Families 2005 Annual Report, Southern
Institute on Children and Families, Spring 2006. (pdf)
Southern Institute on Children
and Families 2004 Annual Report, Southern
Institute on Children and Families, Spring 2005. (pdf)
Southern Institute
on Children and Families 2003 Annual Report, Southern Institute
on Children and Families, Spring 2004.
(pdf)
Southern Institute on Children
and Families 2002 Annual Report, Southern Institute on Children
and Families, Fall 2003. (pdf)
Southern
Institute on Children and Families 2001
Annual Report,
Southern Institute on Children and Families, Fall
2002. (pdf)
Southern
Institute on Children and Families 2000 Annual
Report, Southern
Institute on Children and Families, Fall 2001.
(pdf)
Southern
Institute on Children and Families 1999 Annual Report, Southern
Institute on Children and Families, Fall 2000. (pdf)
Child Care Reports
Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care and Early Education, Southern Regional Action Plan to Improve the Quality of Early Care and Education, 2001-2004 State Implementation Summary Chart (Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families, September 2005). (pdf). Click here to access individual state responses.
Southern Regional
Initiative on Child Care, Southern
Regional Initiative on Child Care Final Project Report (Columbia, SC: Southern
Institute on Children and Families, April 2004). (pdf)
Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, Child
Care Survey Results on Funding and Related Policies in the Southern
States (Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and
Families, April 2004). (pdf)
Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, Status
Report on State Implementation Efforts: Action Plan to Improve Access
to Child Care Assistance for Low-Income Families in the South
(Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families, January
2004). (pdf)
Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care, Status
Report on State Implementation Efforts: Southern Regional Action
Plan to Improve the Quality of Early Care and Education (Columbia,
SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families, January 2004).
(pdf)
Collaboration in Southern
Regional Early Care and Education Systems, prepared for the
Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care by Dottie C. Campbell,
Southern Institute on Children and Families, December 2003. (pdf)
Southern Regional Forum on Collaboration
and Coordination Across Early Care and Education Programs, Southern Regional Initiative on
Child Care, Southern Institute on Children and
Families, December 2003. (pdf)
Moving Forward: Southern States
Take Action to Improve Access to Quality,
Affordable Child Care, 2002 Year End Report for the
Southern Regional Initiative on Child Care
funded by The David and Lucile Packard
Foundation, May, 2003. (pdf)
Southern
Regional Action Plan to Improve the Quality
of Early Care and Education,
October, 2002. (pdf)
Building Momentum — Taking
Action: Southern States Collaborate on
Child Care Financial Aid and Quality Initiatives, Southern Regional
Initiative on Child Care, Southern Institute
on Children and Families, February
2002. (pdf) Appendix A. Appendix
B. Appendix C. (pdf)
Action Plan to Improve
Access to Child Care Assistance for Low-Income
Families in the South: An Analysis of Legal
Issues, prepared
for the Southern Regional Initiative on Child
Care, Southern Institute on Children and
Families by Mark Greenberg, Rachel Schumacher
and Jennifer Mezey, Center for Law and
Social Policy, August 2001. (pdf)
The Southern Regional Task Force on Child
Care, Sound
Investments: Financial Support for Child
Care Builds Workforce Capacity and Promotes
School Readiness,
Southern Institute on Children and
Families, December 2000. (pdf) Appendix
to Report. (pdf)
Child Care
in the Southern States: Expanding Access
to Affordable Care for Low-Income Families
and Fostering Economic Development,
prepared for the Southern Regional Initiative
on Child Care, Southern Institute on Children
and Families by Louise Stoney, Stoney
Associates, April
2000. (pdf)
Childhood Obesity Reports
Ravenell, Nicole, Bob Amundson, Katrina Krause, Meg Molly, Truls Ostbye, Meg van Staveren and Elizabeth Zimmerman. South Carolina Obesity Assessment Project Final Report Executive Summary. Columbia SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families, November 2005.
Ravenell, Nicole, Bob Amundson, Katrina Krause, Meg Molly, Truls Ostbye, Meg van Staveren and Elizabeth Zimmerman. South Carolina Obesity Assessment Project Final Report. Columbia SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families, November 2005.
Health Coverage Reports
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.
Heller, Laura, Nancy Gantt, Vicki C. Grant, and Ken Miracle. The Supporting Families Story: The Movement Toward Quality Improvement. Columbia, SC: Supporting Families After Welfare Reform National Program Office, Southern Institute on Children and Families, November 2003.
Maintaining
the Gains: The Importance of Preserving Coverage
in Medicaid and SCHIP,
prepared for Covering Kids & Families by Ellen O'Brien,
PhD and Cindy Mann, JD, Health Policy Institute
Georgetown University, June
2003. (pdf)
Covering
Kids & Families
Primer: Understanding Policy And Improving
Eligibility Systems,
prepared for Covering Kids & Families byVicki C. Grant,
MSW, PhD and Nicole Ravenell, MPP, December
2002. (pdf)
Fostering
A Close Connection: Report to Covering
Kids on Options for Conducting Child Health Insurance Outreach
and Enrollment Through the National
School Lunch Program, prepared for Covering Kids by
Cohen Ross, Donna, Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities, January 2000.
Assuring
That Child Health Applications Do Not Deter
Enrollment Among Eligible Children in Non-Citizen
Families, prepared
for Covering
Kids, Southern Institute on Children and Families by Michelle
Cochran and Cindy Mann, Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities, December
1999.
Monitoring
and Evaluation of Outreach Strategies for Low-Income
Children and Their Families, prepared for Covering Kids, Southern
Institute on Children and Families by
Shenkman, Elizabeth, PhD, Donna Hope Wegener,
MA, and Heather Steingraber, MA, Institute for
Child Health Policy, October
1999.
Cohen Ross, Donna, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Community-Based
Organizations: Paving the Way to Children's Health Insurance Coverage,
prepared for Covering Kids, Southern Institute on Children
and Families, March 1999.
Guidelines
for Collecting, Analyzing and Displaying
Child Health Coverage Eligibility Outcomes
Data, Covering
Kids, Southern Institute on Children
and Families, Vicki C. Grant, PhD,
MSW, March
1999.
Electronic
Communications: Where Websites Fit In, Covering Kids National
Program Office, Southern Institute on Children
and Families, Hartvigsen, Kristine, March
1999.
The
Ins and Outs of Delinking: Promoting Medicaid
Enrollment of Children Who Are Moving In
and Out of the TANF System,
prepared for Covering Kids, Southern Institute on Children
and Families by Cindy Mann, Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities, March
1999. (pdf)
Shuptrine, Sarah C. and Vicki C. Grant, PhD, MSW, Simplification:
The Make or Break Issue for Achieving Full
Enrollment of Eligible, Uninsured Children, 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?,
Southern Institute on Children and Families, December
1998.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., Vicki C. Grant, and Genny G. McKenzie, Southern
Regional Initiative to Improve Access to
Benefits for Low-Income Families With Children, The Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation, February 1998.
Information Outreach Reports
Southern Institute on Children
and Families, Survey Results of States
Using the Southern Institute Information
Outreach Brochures and Videos, June 1999.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., Vicki C. Grant, and Genny G. McKenzie, Southern
Regional Initiative to Improve Access to Benefits for Low-Income
Families With Children, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, February
1998.
Facts for Employers,
Leaving Welfare for
Work Isn't as Scary as it Seems,
Have You Heard About
Benefits For Working Families???,
Rural Reports
Shuptrine,
Sarah C., Mayersville,
Mississippi: A Study on Improving Access to Benefits and Services
for Low-Income Families in the Rural South, Southern
Institute on Children and Families, June 1999.
Southern Business Leadership Council Reports
Southern Institute on Children and Families. Southern Business Leadership Council District of Columbia Metro Area Initiative Project Report. Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children and Families, July 2006.
General Reports
Southern Institute on Children and Families. 2004
Chartbook of Major Indicators: Conditions Placing Children
in the South at Risk. Columbia, SC: Southern Institute on Children
and Families, August
2004.
Southern
Institute on Children and Families, Chartbook of Major Indicators:
Conditions Placing Children in the South at Risk, August 2002.
(pdf)
Matacera Barr, Barbara, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Stigma:
A Paper for Discussion, prepared for Covering Kids,
Southern Institute on Children and Families, February 2000.
Sutton, Sharyn M., PhD, Sutton Social Marketing/LLC, Developing
Social Marketing Messages for Covering Kids, prepared for Covering
Kids, Southern Institute on Children and Families, March 1999.
The following reports are available from
the Southern Institute on Children
and Families by calling 803.779.2607
or by emailing your request to info@thesoutherninstitute.org.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Genny G. McKenzie, Information Outreach to Reduce Welfare Dependency: A Georgia Welfare Reform Initiative, Final Report, Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Family and Children Services, December 1996.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, Uninsured Children in the South: Second Report, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, November 1996.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Genny G. McKenzie, Information Outreach to Reduce Welfare Dependency: A Georgia Welfare Reform Initiative, Phase I Report, Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Family and Children Services, August 1996.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Genny G. McKenzie, Information
Outreach to Reduce Welfare Dependency:
A North Carolina Welfare Reform Initiative, Final Report, North
Carolina Department of Human Resources, May 1996.
Grant, Vicki C., Initial Analysis of Survey on Public Agencies Serving Children Under Age Six, Children First, United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County, North Carolina, March 1996.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., Vicki C. Grant, and Genny G. McKenzie, Georgia
Children's Health Initiative. A Public/Private Sector Collaborative:
Final Report, Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health and Georgia Department of Medical Assistance, December 1995.
Grant, Vicki, Information to Develop a System of Scheduling,
Outreach, Patient Tracking and Accountability for Health Check,
Georgia Department of Medical Assistance on behalf of the Georgia
Children's Health Initiative, July 1995.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Genny G. McKenzie, Information Outreach to Reduce Welfare Dependency: A North Carolina Welfare Reform Initiative, Phase I Report, North Carolina Department of Human Resources, May 1995.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, Final Report
on the Action Plan to Improve Medicaid Eligibility, Outreach and
Perinatal Case Management, Georgia Department of Medical
Assistance, January 1995.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, Assuring Access to Health Coverage: A Discussion of Eligibility and Enrollment Issues, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, December 1994.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, Moving Beyond Collocation to Service Integration, Sarah C. Shuptrine and Associates, October 1994.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, Eligibility and Enrollment in National Health Reform: Report #1, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, May 1994.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., Vicki C. Grant, and Genny G. McKenzie, A
Study of the Relationship of Health Coverage to Welfare Dependency, Southern
Institute on Children and Families, March 1994. (Executive Summary
is available online.)
Shuptrine, Sarah C., Vicki C. Grant, and Genny G. McKenzie, Addressing the Need for Outreach to Pregnant Women and Children in Georgia, Georgia Department of Medical Assistance, March 1994.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, A Discussion Paper on Eligibility Policies and Rules Across AFDC, Medicaid and Food Stamps,
The White House Office of Domestic Policy, November 1993.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Genny G. McKenzie, Creating Opportunities
in the South to Link Maternal and Child
Health Professionals and the National Library of Medicine,
National Library of Medicine, November 1993.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., Vicki C. Grant, and Genny G. McKenzie, An Assessment and Action Plan to Improve Medicaid Eligibility, Outreach and Perinatal Care Management Services, Georgia Department of Medical Assistance, June 1993.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., Vicki C. Grant, and Genny G. McKenzie, Improving Access to Medicaid for Pregnant Women and Children, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Grady Memorial Hospital, February 1993.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., Vicki C. Grant, and Genny G. McKenzie, Uninsured
Children in the South, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation,
November 1992.
Grant, Vicki C., Baby Futures: A Case Management Program for Pregnant Women and Adolescents and Their Infants, Memorial Medical Center for the Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority, September, 1992.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, Potential Medicaid Eligibility of Self Pay Pregnant Women and Children at Memorial Medical Center, Memorial Medical Center, April 1992.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Richard D. Telkamp, Making Medicaid
Work in Greenville County, South Carolina, Sarah C.
Shuptrine and Associates, Unpublished
article, 1991.
Eligibility Outcomes for RSM Groups and AFDC Reapplications: FY 1990,
Memorial Medical Center, March 1992.
Sarah C. Shuptrine and Associates, Assessment of the Medicaid Eligibility Process In Chatham County, Georgia: Status Report on Recommendations, Memorial Medical Center, January 1992.
Sarah C. Shuptrine and Associates, A Comparison of Medicaid Eligibility Performance in South Carolina Counties, 1989 and 1991, South Carolina Hospital Association, October 1991.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., Reforming Medicaid Eligibility Rules, The
Safety Net, National Association of Public Hospitals, Summer
1991.
Sarah C. Shuptrine and Associates, Status of Recommendations: SCHA Eligibility Performance Report,
South Carolina Hospital Association, June 1991.
Sarah C. Shuptrine and Associates, Assessment of the Medicaid Eligibility Process In Chatham County, Georgia, Memorial Medical Center, June 1991.
Sarah C. Shuptrine and Associates, Overview of Georgia Medicaid and the Chatham County Indigent Care Program, Memorial Medical Center, January 1991.
Sarah C. Shuptrine and Associates, Access to Medicaid Impeded
in 19 States for Aged and Disabled
Supplemental Security Income Recipients, The Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation, December 1990.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, Hospital Eligibility Project Guide, South Carolina Hospital Association, September 1990.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, SSI Application Barriers and Denial of Benefits to Elderly Applicants, Families USA Foundation, May 1990.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, Medicaid Eligibility Performance in South Carolina Counties, South Carolina Hospital Association, April 1990.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, CHC Perinatal Initiative
Case Management Program: Operational
Manual, SC Primary
Care Association, November 1989.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, Eligibility Verification:
At What Price?" An Examination of the Barriers to Accessing WIC AFDC and Medicaid Services, Southern Regional Project on Infant Mortality of the Southern Governors' Association and Southern Legislative Conference, September 1989.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, Coordinating WIC and
Medicaid, An Examination of the Barriers to Accessing WIC,
AFDC and Medicaid Services, Southern Regional Project on
Infant Mortality of the Southern Governors'
Association and Southern Legislative Conference,
September 1989.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention: Policy Information Needs, Southern Regional Project on Infant Mortality of the Southern Governors' Association and Southern Legislative Conference, June 1989.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, State Implementation of the Low Income Protection Provisions of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, The Villers Foundation, March 1989.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, The Relationship
of the Reasons for Denial of AFDC/Medicaid
Benefits to the Uninsured in the United
States, Sarah C.
Shuptrine and Associates, October 1988.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, Adolescent Pregnancy
in the South: Technical Appendix, Southern Regional Project
on Infant Mortality of the Southern Governors'
Association and Southern Legislative
Conference, April 1988.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, Adolescent Pregnancy
in the South, Southern Regional Project on Infant Mortality
of the Southern Governors' Association and
Southern Legislative Conference, April
1988.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, Study of the AFDC/Medicaid
Eligibility Process in the Southern
States, Southern Regional
Project on nfant Mortality of the Southern
Governors' Association and Southern Legislative
Conference, April 1988.
Shuptrine, Sarah C., and Vicki C. Grant, The Southern State Survey
on the Relationship Between WIC and Medicaid, Southern Regional
Project on Infant Mortality of the Southern
Governors' Association and Southern Legislative
Conference, October 1987.
Presentations/Speeches
The following documents are text versions of selected
speeches presented by the Southern Institute
on Children and Families.
Carolina Nutrition Alliance Presentations/Speeches
Carolina Nutrition Alliance, American Public Human Services Association Meeting, remarks by Ann Marchetti, Program Director, Southern Institute on Children and Families, Pittsburg, PA, October 19, 2004. (pdf)
Child Care Presentations/Speeches
Second Annual
Southern Regional Forum on Child Care, Charleston,
SC,
remarks by Sarah C. Shuptrine, October
29-30, 2002. (pdf)
Forum on Child Care Financial
Aid Issues, Washington, DC,
remarks by Sarah C. Shuptrine, February 20,
2002. (pdf)
Southern Regional Invitational
Forum on Child Care, Atlanta, Georgia, opening remarks by Sarah
C. Shuptrine, October 10, 2001. (pdf)
Southern Regional Task Force
On Child Care, Press Conference, National
Press Club, Washington, DC, remarks by Sarah C. Shuptrine, December
13, 2000.
Annual Meeting of State Child
Care Administrators, by Sarah C. Shuptrine, Southern Institute
on Children and Families, presented to
the Child Care Bureau, Administration
for Children and Families, US Department
of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, July 27, 1998.
Eligibility Process Improvement Presentations/Speeches
Grant, Vicki C. Data Usage, Lean Thinking and Process Improvement. Presented at the Annual Conference of the National Association for Program Information and Performance Measurement. Greensboro, North Carolina. August 31, 2005. (pdf)
Grant, Vicki C. Eligibility Process Improvement: Change at the Operational Level. Presented at the Annual Research Meeting of AcademyHealth. Boston Massachusetts. June 27, 2005. (pdf)
Health Coverage Presentations/Speeches
Shuptrine, Sarah C. Keynote Address. Louisiana Covering Kids & Families Coalition Meeting. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. October 24, 2006. (pdf)
Shuptrine, Sarah C. Keynote Address. Covering Alabama Kids & Families State Summit. Montgomery, Alabama. October 19, 2005. (pdf).
Cramer, Judi and Sondra Gardetto. Coalitions: Forming and Sustaining Community Collaborations. Presented at the Northwest Health Foundation’s 2nd Annual Community Based Collaborative Research Conference. Portland, Oregon. September 21, 2005. (pdf)
Shuptrine, Sarah C. Closing Remarks - Covering Kids & Families Annual Meeting. Washington, DC, September 16, 2005. (pdf)
Congressional Briefing, Alliance
for Health Reform & The Commonwealth Fund, remarks by Sarah Shuptrine,
President and CEO, Southern Institute on
Children and Families, Director of Covering
Kids & Families National
Program Office, Columbus Club at Union Station,
Washington DC, December 8, 2003. (PowerPoint,
2.3MB)
Covering Kids Third
Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, remarks by Sarah C. Shuptrine,
December 5-7, 2001. (pdf) Flash
Presentation. (SWF)
At
the Crossroads: Achieving Health Insurance
Coverage for Texas Children, Statewide Outreach Conference,
Austin, Texas, remarks by Sarah C. Shuptrine,
Director, Covering Kids National
Program Office, January 22, 2001.
Covering
Kids Second Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, remarks
by Sarah C. Shuptrine, September 26-29, 2000.
Covering
Kids First
Annual Meeting, remarks by Sarah C. Shuptrine,
Director of the Covering Kids National Program Office,
September 30, 1999.
Building Healthy
Partnerships: Supporting Community Based Outreach,
remarks by Sarah C. Shuptrine, President,
Southern Institute on Children and Families,
June 18, 1998. (pdf)
The Future of Outreach:
A Call for Action, by Sarah C. Shuptrine, Southern
Institute on Children and Families,
presented to the Health Care Financing
Administration, Baltimore, Maryland,
April 14, 1998.
American Academy of
Pediatrics, 1998 Spring Session, Atlanta, Georgia,
remarks by Sarah C. Shuptrine, April
6, 1998. (pdf)
General Presentations/Speeches
Shuptrine, Sarah C. Remarks-Food for Thought at Night. The Transformative Power of Women’s Philanthropy Conference sponsored by Women in Philanthropy and the Alliance for Women. Columbia, South Carolina. September 19, 2006. (pdf)
Leveraging Resources Across Programs, American Public Human Services Association Meeting, remarks by Ann Marchetti, Program Director, Southern Institute on Children and Families, Nashville, TN, October 7, 2004. (pdf)
2004 Chartbook of Major Indicators, presentation by Sarah C. Shuptrine,
President and CEO, Southern Institute on Children and Families, Atlanta,
GA, August 24, 2004. (pdf)
Child Indicators Conference,
remarks by Sarah Shuptrine, President and
CEO, Southern Institute on Children and
Families, New York, November 17-19, 2003.
(PowerPoint, 9MB)
South Carolina
School Nurses Conference, remarks
by Sarah C. Shuptrine, November
8, 2002. (pdf)
Partnerships in Philanthropy
Conference, U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
Washington, DC, remarks
by Sarah C. Shuptrine, January 11, 2001.
The Relationship Between
Health Benefits and Welfare Dependency, by Sarah C. Shuptrine, President, Southern Institute on Children and Families, presented to The White House Southern Region Economic Conference, March 29, 1995.
Welfare Reform Reauthorization:
National and Southern Perspectives,
sponsored by the Brookings Institution, The
Carter Presidential Center, Atlanta, Georga,
remarks by Sarah C. Shuptrine, President
and CEO, the Southern Institute on Children
and Families, November 11, 2002. (pdf)
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