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Help for Children's Healthcare Costs

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services began the Children’s Buy-In (CBI) program in April 2008, a public health insurance program available to certain children in Ohio. CBI is available to assist children with special health needs whose working parents are struggling to cover their health care costs. The program targets working families with income above $42,000 per year.

Your child might be eligible for CBI if he/she is:

• younger than age 19
• a United States citizen and a resident of Ohio
• in a family who's gross income is more than 300% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL).
• has not had any insurance for at least 6 months before enrolling
• is not eligible for Medicaid

Your child must also meet one of the following to qualify:

• unable to obtain creditable coverage due to a pre-existing condition
• lost only available creditable coverage due to exhausting a lifetime benefit
• only available coverage is more than twice the state premium for CBI
• participates in the program for medically handicapped children (ODH/BCMH)

Families can only apply online.