WICS Live: Around the States

Nebraska: State Expands SCHIP Program: Effective September 1st, children in families with incomes up to 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) are eligible for Kids Connection, the state’s CHIP. The law raises the state’s income ceiling from 185% FPL to about $44,100 annually for a family of four. Nebraska joins 15 other states who have raised their income eligibility to 200% FPL. The Kids Connection expansion was part of the Legislature's response to the Safe Haven crisis last summer, in which parents dropped off 36 children at hospitals.