Last Tuesday, the Connecting Texas Kids to Coverage Unit at Lone Star Legal Aid participated in an outreach at Lantrip Elementary School to educate parents on CHIP and Children’s Medicaid. We have a dedicated a team of lawyers and paralegals who can help applicants who qualify for our services apply for Children’s Medicaid or CHIP benefits. We can enroll on […]
Crime Victims’ Rights Week is an annual week-long campaign in April that celebrates the accomplishments of the victim’ rights movement. According to the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), “National Crime Victims’ Rights Week has challenged the nation to confront and remove barriers to achieving justice for all victims of crime.” This year’s theme is rights, access, equity, for […]
Being verbally and physically abused is a difficult affliction to tolerate. Being stalked and not knowing when your stalker just might show up is even worse. It causes fear and takes a mental toll on the survivor. For Cody, it was just that. Cody met Delilah in high school, but their romantic affairs did not take off until they reunited […]
The Connecting Kids to Coverage National Campaign is a national outreach and enrollment initiative that aims to connect families with children and teens with Children’s Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). This year’s campaign theme is to take care of teeth and keep smiles healthy. The mission is to: Raise awareness about health coverage available under these programs; […]
April 7, 2022 is World Health Day. Lone Star Legal Aid’s Connecting Texas Kids to Medical Coverage Unit provides legal assistance to those who need help accessing health care benefits for their children. There are 623,000 children without health insurance in Texas. Those who lack insurance coverage typically experience far worse health status than those insured. Uninsured children in Texas […]
Taylor was caring for her sister’s four children when the youngest, Cameron, just 20-months-old, was denied health benefits while the other three were approved. After submitting documents to prove to the Texas Department of Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) that she was the caretaker of the child, HHSC denied the application again. Taylor’s sister is a repeated drug abuser, […]
Staff Attorney Cheranda Robertson works in our Crime Victims Unit within Lone Star Legal Aid (LSLA). While handling some business in her private life, she met a woman who used our services 30 years ago, and now donates her time and money to legal aid advocacy. She shared her story with Attorney Robertson. Many years ago, Monica became pregnant as […]
Texas has the 8th highest obesity rate for youth ages 10-17 and the 12th highest adult obesity rate in the U.S and it is only getting worse. Childhood obesity results in extra health care costs. A child with obesity has $12,900 more in medical costs than a child with normal weight. It is vital that we get our kids insured […]
Medicaid provides coverage to a vast population, including seniors, the disabled, pregnant women, children, and adults who are not disabled. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, states regularly reviewed benefit recipients’ eligibility based on their income, age, or disability status. To lessen the burdens on parents during the public health emergency, HHSC temporarily waived renewal requirements for Medicaid and SNAP clients. While […]
We have a dedicated team of lawyers and paralegals who can help applicants who qualify for our services apply for Children’s Medicaid or CHIP benefits. We can enroll on your behalf, monitor the progress of your application, and notify you when a decision has been made. We can also help recertify your application when it is time for your renewal. […]
Walking on eggshells around your abusive partner can be terrifying, especially when you are constantly threatened and assaulted. Kaitlyn was just a teenager when her boyfriend began violent tendencies. When Peter was 23, he met 19-year-old Kaitlyn. Soon thereafter, she became his girlfriend, and then she became pregnant with his child. Early on in their relationship, she learned that if […]
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM) is a month-long campaign dedicated to raising awareness about teen dating abuse in an effort to prevent it before it starts. It is important to speak up about the challenges teens face in relationships, and the reality that dating violence happens to millions of people, including teens. Getting the conversation started about teen dating […]
11 year old Abby Jones was denied Children’s Medicaid benefits while her three siblings were approved. Her father had applied for Medicaid benefits for his four children. The reason given for denying her was that the family was determined to be over income. This was obviously an error. Abby’s father contacted the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) multiple […]
TEXAS MEDICAID AND CHIP PROGRAMS Texas Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) offer parents peace of mind knowing their children can get the routine preventative care they need, when they need it, keeping them healthy. These programs secure medical coverage benefits for more than 45 million children. Despite the number of those covered, there are still many children […]
Natalie Cochran met with Christian Pineda and Elizabeth Green from Lone Star Legal Aid to discuss what the public charge rule is in Texas and how it affects immigrants and their families, including their children, from accessing critical government services available to them. Listen here starting at 52:20.
The rise in recent school shootings Mass school shootings are a traumatic event that can potentially trigger mental health disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in people directly impacted by a violent threat, such as a school shooting. Studies show that adolescent trauma has more lifelong effects on young people with developing brains. This causes them to struggle […]
It wasn’t unusual for the police to arrive at Cynthia’s home in the middle of the day, however this time, they expected to find her dead. They always came and checked on her and warned her to never leave her house at night. Cynthia was a victim of domestic violence for two years until she got a divorce from her […]
While 4 and 5G networks are available, many older adults and low-income individuals use older cell phones, life alerts or other devices that still use 3G networks. 3G Wireless Networks are scheduled to shut down in 2022, which will prevent 3G cell phone users from placing and receiving calls, and cutting off their access to data. Each mobile carrier plans […]
Doctors diagnosed Joseph with Progressive Glaucoma, which is an eye condition that causes damage to the optic nerve resulting in permanent vision loss. He was told his eyesight would gradually fade over several years until he was blind, but little did he know he would be involved in an accident that would dramatically change his life sooner than he thought. […]
Mary’s insurance denied her the coverage she needed to keep seeking treatment and surgeries for the genetic illness that she was diagnosed with when she was born. Von Hipple Landau (VHL) is a type of cancer that causes malignant tumors to form in multiple organs of the body which initiated her permanent blindness in 2007. She also experiences numbness, weaknesses […]