What is the MCCP Foundation?
The MCCP Foundation funds health care for the children of uninsured working families in Fairfax County. Despite being one of the wealthiest counties in the nation, there are still children in our community who don't have access to doctors and dentists when they need them. MCCP provides them with a support system that ensures this access. Our model is a unique one in that we are a public-private partnership with Fairfax County government, so private donations and grants are leveraged with local tax dollars to provide high quality health care. Since 1986, over 85,000 children have been served through MCCP and the generosity of our neighbors.
Facts
- Each child costs only $300/year due to the generosity of our partners, Kaiser Permanente and a cadre of private doctors and dentists.
- Our goal this year is to raise $800,000.
- Fairfax County provides case management for our families so that they have the supports they need to access the medical care for their children. Supports include transportation, language assistance, and help accessing specialty care that might be needed.
- MCCP-eligible children have working parents who don't have access to health insurance and whose incomes are too high for Medicaid but too low to be able to afford health care — for a family of four, the income level cut-off is about $55,000.
- Although, children's health insurance has been expanded federally (SCHIP), there are still many thousands of children in our wealthy county who do not qualify or are on waiting lists.