health.wyo.gov Apply for Medicaid or Kid Care CHIP : Wyoming Department

Name of the Organization : Wyoming Department of Health
Type of Facility : Apply for Medicaid or Kid Care CHIP
State : Wyoming
Country : United States of America

Website : http://health.wyo.gov/healthcarefin/apply/
Application Guidelines : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/24725-Application.pdf

Apply for Medicaid or Kid Care CHIP :

Programs and Eligibility :
Children’s Programs :
** In order to build a healthier future for our state, the Wyoming Department of Health offers several programs to assist Wyoming’s youngest residents.

Related : Wyoming Department of Health How to file an Adoption : www.statusin.org/24723.html

Kid Care CHIP :
** Kid Care CHIP provides affordable health coverage for the children of working parents in Wyoming.
** The program provides free preventive dental and health care. Other health services are available for a small co-pay.
** Kid Care CHIP is available to the children of parents’ whose income lies below 200% of the federal poverty level and are not eligible for Medicaid.

Children :
** Wyoming Medicaid children’s programs provide health coverage for eligible children from birth through age 18.

Programs include :
** Child MAGI
** Foster care children in DFS custody
** Former Foster Youth up to the age of 26 who were in DFS custody and on a federally funded Medicaid program at the age of 18
** Children receiving an adoption subsidy
** Newborns born to Medicaid-eligible mothers are automatically eligible for the first year

To qualify a child must be :
** A Wyoming resident
** U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents who have lived in the U.S. for at least five years
** A child ages 0-18
** Income eligible for Child MAGI
** Children ages 0-5 whose family income is at or below 154% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL)
** Children ages 6-18 whose family income is at or below 133% of the FPL

Children’s Mental Health Waiver :
What is the Children’s Mental Health Waiver?
** The Children’s Mental Health Waiver is a short-term home and community-based program that uses an intensive care coordination model designed to provide a community-based alternative for youth with serious emotional disturbance who might otherwise be hospitalized and whose parents may be required to relinquish custody of their child for them to receive needed mental health treatment and services.

The Children’s Mental Health Waiver seeks to :
(1) prevent custody relinquishment for youth to receive mental health treatment
(2) prevent or reduce the length of costly psychiatric hospital stays
(3) provide a mechanism to offer mental health support services to youth with serious emotional disturbance and their families in identified service areas.
(4) The Children’s Mental Health Waiver is not a long-term care waiver.

Use this application to see what coverage choices you qualify for :
** Affordable private health insurance plans that offer comprehensive coverage to help you stay well
** A new tax credit that can immediately help pay your premiums for health coverage

** Free or low-cost insurance from Medicaid or the Children’s health insurance Program (ChiP) You may qualify for a free or low-cost program even if you earn as much as $94,000 a year (for a family of 4).

Who can use this application?
** Use this application to apply for anyone in your family.
** Apply even if you or your child already has health coverage.
** You could be eligible for lower-cost or free coverage.
** If you’re single, you may be able to use a short form.
** Families that include immigrants can apply. You can apply for your child even if you aren’t eligible for coverage.
** Applying won’t affect your immigration status or chances of becoming a permanent resident or citizen.
** if someone is helping you fill out this application, you may need to complete Appendix C.

What you may need to apply
** social security numbers (or document numbers for any legal immigrants who need insurance)
** Employer and income information for everyone in your family (for example, from paystubs, w-2 forms, or wage and tax statements)
** Policy numbers for any current health insurance
** Information about any job-related health insurance available to your family

What happens next?
** send your complete, signed application to the address on page 10.
** If you don’t have all the information we ask for, sign and submit your application anyway.
** We’ll follow-up with you within 1–2 weeks.
** You’ll get instructions on the next steps to complete your health coverage.
** If you don’t hear from us, visit wesystem.wyo.gov or call 1-855-294-2127. Filling out this application doesn’t mean you have to buy health coverage.