Insurance for children under 19 years of age (Washington state only)
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Good News! More children qualify for free or low-cost health coverage! Washington State is expanding Apple Health for Kids to include children in families up to 300% of the Federal Poverty Level. See the new April 2009 income guidelines below. Applications are being accepted now. Flyers available in Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word formats: |
* To open the MS Word version of the Amharic and Tigrinya flyers, you will need to do a search online to download and install the Geez Unicode font to your computer. |
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How to find out if you qualify |
Step 1 - Expenses:
| Write down your family's monthly income (before tax) |
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| Subtract any monthly work-related child care or adult care expenses you pay. |
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| Subtract all monthly court-ordered child support payments you pay for a child living outside the home. |
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| Subtract $90 for each working adult in the household |
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Step 2 - Compare to see if you qualify:
Even if you have been denied before, your children may qualify now. If your family's monthly income is at or below the following standards, your children may qualify for medical coverage.
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Total number in family (including yourself) |
Monthly income limit for free coverage
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Monthly income limit for low-cost coverage*
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1
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$1,805
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$2,708
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2
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$2,429
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$3,643
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3
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$3,052
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$4,578
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4
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$3,675
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$5,513
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5
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$4,299
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$6,448
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6
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$4,922
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$7,383
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For each additional family member add:
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$624
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$935
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These income guidelines are effective April 2009 through March 2010. This chart deals with health insurance for children under age 19 only. Other programs may be available for families and pregnant women. *Small monthly premiums will apply.additional family member add: |
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How can I apply? |
Download and print an application in any of the following languages (PDF):
- Application for Children's Medical Benefits (English)
- Cambodian
- Chinese
- Korean
- Laotian
- Russian
- Serbo-Croatian
- Spanish
- Tagalog
- Vietnamese
To get help filling out the application:
- Call Community Health Access Program (CHAP) at 1-800-756-5437. CHAP will get an interpreter for you. Just tell them the language you need when you call.
- Search listing of Application Workers who can help you in person or over the phone.
- See Public Health - Access & Outreach team below who can help you over the phone or at one of their outreach sites:
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Seattle Team |
- Brett Downey (Spanish / Español): 206-263-8373
- Penny Lara (Spanish / Español): 206-263-8372
- Daphne Pie: 206-263-8369
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South King County Team |
- Miguel Urquiza: (Spanish / Español): 206-296-9785
- Cathy Aby: 253-874-7425
- Cindy Mai (Vietnamese): 206-296-3949
- Carolina Marx: (Spanish / Español): 206-296-3943
- Carmen Olvera: (Spanish / Español): 206-296-3948
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