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District of Columbia
Statistics on children, youth and families in Washington, D.C. from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and DC Action
Children applied and eligible for Medicaid/CHIP by ward in District of Columbia
Children applied and eligible for Medicaid/CHIP by ward
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Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
(Number) The number of children in families who applied and were deemed eligible for Medicaid/CHIP in June of each year. Data include children and youth under age 18. Note that young people up through age 20 are also eligible, so many official counts cover the wider age range.
Data Source
Division of Analytics and Policy Research, DC Department of Health Care Finance
Notes
Last Updated December 2022
For some recipients, ward of residence is not known.
Medicaid recertification requirements were waived during the COVID public health emergency. Starting in spring 2023, all Medicaid participants will have to re-certify, with that process being staggered out over the course of a year. Data on that process is available at https://dhcf.dc.gov/page/eligibility-monitoring-dashboard. Once everyone is back on a regular recertification schedule, DHCF anticipates resuming its regular reporting, at which point this measure will be updated.
2018: 2,172 children (under age 18) whose ward was unknown
2019: 2,156
2020: 1,856
2021: 1,785
2022: 1,936
Last Updated
December 2022