Louisiana’s Children’s Health Insurance Program, also known as LaCHIP, is enrolling children up to the age of 19 years old in the program for free healthcare. This program is offered for children of working families and families not on welfare programs.

In central Louisiana, there is an effort to find these children to offer coverage too and since school is starting soon, that is a great place to start.  Volunteers from the office of Lester Turner, state Department of Health and Hospitals LaCHIP Region 6 assistant outreach coordinator, have gone out to malls, schools, and outreach programs to spread the word about this new plan which could benefit thousands of children in Louisiana.

More than half a million children are enrolled in LaCHIP and the number could go to a staggering 75,000 more children to be added to the program.

A family of four - two parents and two children - with a gross annual income of $37,700 is eligible

For further information on the LaCHIP program, you can login to www.dhh.state.la.us and read more about the program and how it can help your child enroll in free healthcare.