Maryland program
Montgomery County care for uninsured children
Montgomery County help accessing health services for uninsured children. Care for Kids is a county program, not statewide insurance.
What it is
Montgomery County help accessing health services for uninsured children. Care for Kids is a county program, not statewide insurance.
A child who cannot use another coverage route may still have a county place to ask for help. Care for Kids serves uninsured Montgomery County children. The county needs to explain whether it can cover the care your child needs.
Eligibility rules
- The child must live in Montgomery County and be uninsured.
- Care for Kids serves uninsured Montgomery County children. Its administrator publishes an income screen at or below 250% of poverty. The program confirms the exact age cutoff, immigration rules and whether new enrollment is open. Your social worker can use the county's Care for Kids page or contact the program at 301-628-3450.
What you get
- Access to county health-care services for eligible uninsured children.
What the help covers
- The program connects eligible children with health services in the county.
- The county lists well-child and sick visits, medicines, eye and dental care, and limited specialty services. This does not establish coverage for chemotherapy, transplant care, hospital admissions or every prescription. The program confirms current family charges, referrals and exclusions. The oncology team can help identify which parts of your child's treatment it would cover.
If you decide to apply
- Contact Montgomery County Health and Human Services at 240-777-1245 about Care for Kids.
- Explain your child's age, county residence, insurance situation and treatment needs.
- Ask what services, charges and documents apply before deciding whether to enroll.
Montgomery County Care for Kids, administered by the Primary Care Coalition · 301-628-3450 · Official page ↗
After you apply
- The county Department of Health and Human Services reviews the family's situation and explains its enrollment process.
Good to know
Care for Kids covers doctor visits, medicines and some specialty care; it is not built for chemotherapy or hospital stays. Ask the hospital and the county together which parts of treatment it would cover.
Other details
- Families elsewhere in Maryland can ask their own county health department about local options; this particular program is Montgomery County's.
“Could Care for Kids help our child if other coverage does not fit? What treatment would it cover and what would we still owe, and could you help check before we enroll?”
Why I’m asking: I want to know whether the county offers a useful route for an uninsured child.
More background and detailed requirements
Additional program information and published rules
Who does what
The three parts, side by side. The agency decides; nobody on this page does.
You
Call and ask; the rules are not published anywhere you can read them.
Your social worker
The hospital social worker may know families who have used it.
The care team
Records and letters when the application asks for them.
- Who decides
- Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services.
- Ask the agency
- “We live in Montgomery County and my child has no insurance and is in cancer treatment. Does the county's programme for uninsured children cover us, and what are the current rules?”
How to apply
First step: Call the county health and human services line and ask about care for uninsured children.
- Call the county health and human services line and ask about the uninsured children's programme.
- Apply for Medical Assistance at the same time; the two are not exclusive.
Official application / program page ↗
Where it starts: Call the county health and human services line and ask about care for uninsured children.
What to gather
- Proof of the county address
- The child's details
How long: Not published.
What a yes looks like
An appointment route for your child through the county.
What a no looks like, and the next move
Ask the county what it can point you at instead, and reapply for state coverage.
Watch out
- This is county access, not insurance, and only in Montgomery County.
- Its current rules could not be read. Call and ask rather than ruling yourself in or out.
- Apply for state coverage at the same time.
Dates that change this
2026-09-10: The county's own page could not be read, so the current income and immigration rules are unknown. The programme's existence is confirmed by the state insurance regulator's resource page.
The numbers and the rules
The arcane layer, kept on purpose. Checked September 11, 2026.
What it is worth
Access to health care services for uninsured children in Montgomery County. The current income and status rules were not published in what could be read.
Covers: Well-child and sick visits, prescription medicines, eye and dental care, and limited specialty services. The program and oncology team must confirm each treatment service; this is not confirmation of chemotherapy, inpatient or transplant coverage.
What it costs the family: Not established.
The eligibility facts, as published
- County
- Montgomery County
- Coverage
- Uninsured children
- Income
- The program administrator publishes an income screen at or below 250% of poverty; the county confirms the child's category and remaining enrollment rules.
- Immigration
- NOT FOUND
The trap: Its current income and immigration rules could not be read, so nobody can tell you in advance whether your family fits. Call and ask rather than assuming either way.
Where I read this
- MIA — Health Insurance Resources — Maryland Insurance Administration, read September 10, 2026