Sacramento Head Start Alumni Association

JOIN THE CAMPAIGN TO LEAVE NO CHILD BEHIND

Dec 14, 2001

JOIN THE CAMPAIGN TO LEAVE NO CHILD BEHIND?®

The Children's Defense Fund has teamed up with scores of partner groups
to mobilize children's advocates all over the country to generate
support in Congress for the Act to Leave No Child Behind (S.940 and H.R.1990).
Introduced on May 23rd by lead sponsors Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) and
CongressmanGeorge Miller (D-CA), passage of the Act to Leave No Child Behind
will provide each child in America a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Safe
Start, a Fair Start, and a Moral Start in life.

Among the health-related provisions are:

* creating MediKids - a Medicare-type guarantee of coverage for all
children as Medicare provides coverage for all senior citizens;

* expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
eligibility levels to 300 percent of the Federal Poverty Level and
eligibility age level through 21 years of age;

* improving health services for children enrolled in Medicaid
to ensure that all enrolled children receive services through the Early
and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment program (EPSDT);

* simplifying outreach and enrollment for Medicaid and CHIP;

* allotting more federal funds to help prevent, treat, and manage
childhood asthma and lead poisoning; and

* reducing environmental health risks to children.

To learn more about the Act to Leave No Child Behind, go to the CDF Action
Council's web site at www.cdfactioncouncil.org/act.htm

When you join the campaign, you will receive periodic updates on the
progress of the Campaign to Leave No Child Behind?®, invitations to
participate in campaign activities in your area, legislative briefings
on the Act to Leave No Child Behind, and e-mail Action Alerts to let
you know how you can have an impact on the outcome of important votes
in Congress.

For more information on the Campaign to Leave No Child Behind?®,
go to http://campaign.childrensdefense.org.