Colorado Medicaid offers a variety of waiver programs that offer Medicaid and extra services for children with disabilities. While Healthy Communities and Pueblo StepUp can’t directly help you apply for these programs, we can provide information regarding the programs and…
On July 1, 2012, the state of Colorado launched the Medicaid Buy-In Program for Children with Disabilities, also known as the Children’s Buy-In. This program lets families of children with a disability who qualify to ‘buy-into’ Colorado Medicaid for that…
Kids don’t just get sick Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. It’s usually about 2:00 a.m. on Saturday when the fever spikes or they begin throwing up. When To Take Your Child to the ER? So what do…
The State of Colorado has just released a new mobile app that provides fast and easy access to your Medicaid and CHP+ benefits where it is most convenient for you. More and more, people are accessing important information on their mobile…
Beginning March 1, 2014, all children ages 0-19 enrolled in Colorado’s Medicaid and CHP+ programs will have one year of continuous eligibility. What does this mean for you? It means that once your child is enrolled in Medicaid, your child…
Mental health services are a covered benefit of Colorado Medicaid. If you have Medicaid, you can access mental health services through our area’s Behavioral Health Organization (BHO). For Pueblo County, it is Colorado Health Partnerships. Their number is 1-800-804-5008. To…
We finally got our auction items in for this year’s fundraiser. All items come with a certificate of authenticity. We’re pretty excited to be offering these! 11 x 14 Signed photo of the orginal “The Voice” cast 16 x 20…
Navigating life after emancipating from foster care can be hard. For those people in foster care between 18 and 21 and enrolled in Medicaid, Colorado has extended your available Medicaid benefit until the age of 26. This means that regardless…
Please join Pueblo StepUp and Healthy Communities as we celebrate with our Wine and Small Plates fundraiser again this year! Our theme this year is “Something To Chew On” as this year’s event will be focusing on the importance of…
Because a lack of preventative dental care can lead to a variety of other medical conditions, Colorado has added an adult dental benefit that will begin April 1, 2014. The benefit will be effective in two phases. First, beginning April…