ON THE ROAD TO
SustiNet 

BCAC has been working hard on healthcare4every1, the statewide Campaign to build support for affordable health care coverage for Connecticut residents. Our hard work paid off.

 Health Care History was made on July 20th! 

To learn more about SustiNet, please click on healthcare4every1.org.  To schedule and interview with Barbara Edinberg call her at 203 549 0075 x12 or email her at bedinberg@bcacct.org

Children's Health

Children’s Health Task Force brings together the Bridgeport community to identify critical issues in children’s health and work together to address them.

Co-Chairs are Fran Newby of Southwest Community Health Center and Cynthia Moore a parent leader

2010 - 2011 Action Agenda:

When parents are active and involved in their child’s health care, child health can improve.  

-  BCAC will educate parents and the provider community on the medical home model of health care (every child has a doctor responsible for coordinating his or her health care) and advocate for policy and practice changes to promote this model of care. 

-  We will also continue to build support for affordable health care for everyone through a community awareness campaign on federal health reform and SustiNet, Connecticut’s affordable health care plan. 

-  We will step up our efforts to ensure that all eligible children and parents have access to health care coverage by identifying and addressing barriers to HUSKY enrollment and providing outreach and HUSKY application assistance to parents. 

-  In response to childhood obesity, the Task Force will also update its brochure, “What’s Moving in Bridgeport.”

Impact: A regular source of comprehensive, culturally-sensitive and appropriate health care can improve child health.  As a result of our HUSKY assistance, more children and parents will have health care coverage and will not delay health or dental care.