Get ready to apply
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Children's Health Insurance Program
What you get
Health insurance for uninsured children. Open now.
- Who starts it
- You
- How it’s sent
- Online, on their website
- Your time
- About 15 minutes
- Last checked
- Aug 27, 2026
Before you start, check you fit
- Your child is 18 or under.
- Cancer alone may not satisfy disability, SSI, Medicaid, developmental, caregiver, or level-of-care requirements; individual authorization and capacity rules apply.
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What their form asks
Open their application ↗ Checked Aug 27, 2026What the form asks for
They don’t publish the questions in advance. Have your contact details, your child’s diagnosis and date, and the hospital’s name to hand.
After you send
Call 855-632-7633 if application help or a paper application is needed. If you have not heard back in two weeks, write and ask whether it arrived.