Connecting Kids to Coverage (CKC) outreach and enrollment grants support activities aimed at identifying and enrolling children who are eligible for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Since 2009, CMS has awarded $336.9 million in CKC outreach and enrollment grants to 363 eligible entities, including community-based organizations, tribes, states, and local governments. Along with the Connecting Kids to Coverage National Campaign, these activities fund outreach and enrollment strategies aimed at educating families about the availability of Medicaid and CHIP and directly assisting families with the application and renewal process. The grants share the common goal to help reduce the number of children who are eligible for Medicaid and CHIP but are not enrolled.
CMS Announces Connecting Kids to Coverage 2025 Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreement Grantees
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the 2025 Grantees for the Connecting Kids to Coverage (CKC) Outreach and Enrollment Cooperative Agreement program. This program provides funding to increase the number of eligible children enrolled in the Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and to improve retention of eligible children, parents, and pregnant women in these programs. The Connecting Kids to Coverage awardees will receive a total of $66 million in cooperative agreements, ranging from $850,000 to $3 million per award, for a five-year period of performance.
Grantees include:
- Federal health safety net organizations;
- Health Care Providers;
- Indian tribes or tribal consortia, tribal organizations, urban Indian organizations receiving funds under title V of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, or Indian Health Service providers; and
- National, state, local, or community-based public or nonprofit private organizations.
This funding will support activities and strategies aimed at:
- Educating families about the availability of free or low-cost health coverage under Medicaid and CHIP;
- Identifying children likely to be eligible for these programs; and
- Assisting families (including parents and pregnant women) to apply for and renew coverage.
Connecting Kids to Coverage 2025 Awardees
| Organization Name | State | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Aliados Health | CA | $2,999,999 |
| Arizona Association of Community Health Centers | AZ | $3,000,000 |
| Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc. | AR | $3,000,000 |
| Bexar County Hospital District DBA University Health | TX | $3,000,000 |
| California Coverage & Health Initiatives | CA | $2,999,294 |
| Chickasaw Nation* | OK | $1,784,271 |
| Children’s Cabinet | NV | $2,999,964 |
| Community Action Corporation of South Texas | TX | $3,000,000 |
| Denver Indian Health and Family Services, Inc.* | CO | $1,873,201 |
| GraceMed Health Clinic, Inc. | KS | $3,000,000 |
| Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board | SD | $3,000,000 |
| Greater Flint Health Coalition, Inc. | MI | $2,363,633 |
| Illinois Primary Health Care Association | IL | $3,000,000 |
| Indiana Rural Health Association | IN | $2,963,760 |
| Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. | OK | $3,000,000 |
| Legal Services of Eastern Missouri | MO | $2,167,058 |
| Missouri Coalition for Primary Health Care | MO | $3,000,000 |
| Native American Rehabilitation Association of the NW, Inc. | OR | $850,000 |
| Native Health, Inc. | AZ | $3,000,000 |
| Northeast Oregon Network | OR | $2,754,047 |
| Ohio Association of Foodbanks | OH | $2,990,120 |
| Portico Healthnet | MN | $1,870,269 |
| Southcentral Foundation | AK | $3,000,000 |
| Start Corporation | LA | $1,422,176 |
| University of South Florida | FL | $3,000,000 |
| Total | $66,037,792 |
Notice of Awards Issued to Grantees on August 4, 2025
*To be awarded on April 1, 2026