Grants and Contracts Details
Description
The Kentucky State Office of Rural Health looks to the State Planning Grant as a unique
opportunity to make the case for policymakers, stakeholders and concerned citizens
regarding the importance of health care coverage to the economic vitality of the
Commonwealth. To formulate and present that case, specific project goals have been
developed that address research, consensus building, and communication, all which are
important to advancing policy development. Because few valuable data regarding the
characteristics of the uninsured populations are available in Kentucky, much effort will
be devoted to survey research on a large enough scale to allow for regional, raciaVethnic,
and ruraVurban analyses. Once the data are available, they will need to be shared with
key stakeholders, then with larger audiences that can advance and promote the interests
of low-income uninsured populations to policymakers. Putting a face on the populations
in different communities and regions will be vitally important to these communications.
The following five goals broadly outline the activities that will be required to build the
case for policymakers' attention to the issues related to the uninsured:
Goal I:To develop and implement a planning process focused on strategies for bringing
the uninsured into Kentucky's health care system, as well as the planning process
itself.
Goal 2: To design and implement research that expands the knowledge base of public
and private stakeholders about characteristics of the uninsured and potentially
uninsured Kentuckians and identifies disparities in geographic or raciaVethnic
access to coverage and access.
Goal 3: To undertake a study similar to the Institute of Medicine's "Consequences of
Uninsurance" at the Kentucky level to provide a solid policymaking foundation
for expanding health care access and coverage.
Goal 4: To explore the larger context of strategies for expanding the insured population
through changes in public and private insurance, with particular attention to the
legal and practical consequences of various state-level initiatives; assess whether
Kentucky is optimizing public and private strategies through evidence-based
policies; and propose systematic approaches for maintaining and expanding
health care coverage.
Goal 5: To provide ongoing communications, convening several forums for public and
private stakeholders to share project findings and engage them in strategic
planning efforts, and report project fmdings to HHS.
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Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 9/1/04 → 8/31/05 |
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