WIC
Provides supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for pregnant and postpartum women
what is known as WIC?
Medi-Cal is a program that offers
What is free or low-cost medical coverage?
a federal program that provides health coverage if you are 65 or older or have a severe disability, regardless of income
What is Medicare?
money transferred from a federal account to food retailer
what is Electronic Benefits Transfer
in 1964 new research showed the effects of poverty and the impact on education
Why Head Start was established
Food benefits are delivered through what method
What is food vouchers?
Enrollment in these programs will not impede you from qualifying for Medi-Cal.
What is CalFresh, SSI/SSP, CalWorks, Refugee Assistance, and Foster Care/ Adoption programs?
a state and federal program that provides health coverage for low-income citizens
What is Medicaid?
SNAP
what is Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?
bipartisan support for provisions to strengthen and improve quality of Head Start
what is the "Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007"?
Food provided by WIC
What is any of the following: baby formula, milk, fruits and vegetables, eggs, cheese, peanut butter, whole wheat bread, etc.?
True or False: Undocumented individuals may qualify for Medi-Cal?
What is True?
programs which allow the financial burden of illness to be shared among the healthy and sick and the high- and low-income families
What is a Social Insurance Program?
only 24% of children age 0-17 years participate
what is the CalFresh child participation?
prenatal and parenting classes and family programs up to 3 years of age
What programs are provided by Early Head Start?
Population served are low income and nutritionally at risk, specify more categories
what is pregnant women, breastfeeding women, nonbreastfeeding postpartum women, infants, and children up to their 5th birthday?
The state's health insurance marketplace where Californians can shop for health plans and access financial assistance if they qualify for it.
What is Covered California?
Covers inpatient and hospital services
What is medicare part A?
an estimated 1.6 million children
Who are eligible for CalFresh and not participating?
programs for children age 3-5 to prepare for kindergarten
What programs are provided by Head Start?
In 2015, percent of infants and young children enrolled in WIC
What is 44 percent of infants and 34 percent of young children?
Eligible individuals include . . .
What is low-income adults, families with children, seniors, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, children in foster care and former foster youth up to age 26?
Most beneficiaries choose to receive their Parts A and B benefits through . . .
What is Original Medicare, also known as traditional Medicare?
$4,100 for families in deep poverty
what is the cash equivalent annual amount for those participating in CalFresh?
early education, family, and health-services in center-based programs
What programs are provided by the California State Preschool Program and the General Child Care and Development Center-Based Program?