By Anna Challet, New America Media
In California, hundreds of thousands of kids in immigrant families are eligible for Medi-Cal but have not enrolled, according to a new study from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families.
Some of them are kids who have undocumented parents, but who are themselves citizens or lawfully residing. Some of them are eligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program but have not applied. (The program allows some undocumented people who came to United States as children to qualify for work permits and deportation relief.) In California, if you qualify for that program, you qualify for Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program.
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