On August 24, 2021, Patricia Allen, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), released a PennLink stating that Pennsylvania Act 84 of 2015 requires that public and nonpublic schools receive electronic notice with general information about CHIP on an annual basis no later than August 15. It also states that the CHIP flyer was created and should be shared with every parent or guardian of every student enrolled in the local education agency (LEA) during the 2021-22 school year.

LEAs are advised to forward the CHIP flyer to each school under its jurisdiction at the beginning of the 2021-22 school year. The flyer can be sent directly through email, posted to a school website with a link distributed to students’ families, printed and distributed with other information that is being sent as caregiver packets, or prepared for students to take home.

By distributing the flyer at the beginning of the school year, LEAs help ensure that all students, including those new to the LEA and incoming kindergarten classes, receive the information about the program as soon as possible if they are in need.

The flyer can be accessed on the PAPSA website by clicking here.

The flyer and many more resources can also be found on the CHIP website at www.CHIPcoversPAkids.com or at https://www.dhs.pa.gov/CHIP/Pages/CHIP.aspx.