Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Hoosier Healthwise

Address: Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, P.O. Box 7083, 402 W. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46207-7083 Phone: (317) 233-4454 Fax: (317) 2334693 Website: http://www.in.gov/fssa/ompp/2545.htm

As part of the Federal Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress created the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) as a way to encourage the states to provide health insurance to uninsured children.