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Medical Care for Children Partnership (MCCP)

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          We provide medical and dental services to children.
        
          We serve children who are from birth to 18 years of age who live in
          Fairfax County.
        
          Family's income is less than 250% of poverty and the children are
          attending school, if school age.

The Medical Care for Children Partnership (MCCP) is a community partnership dedicated to providing medical and dental services to children of Fairfax County who otherwise are ineligible to receive healthcare offered through Medicaid or other private and public sources. The aim of the MCCP is to meet the healthcare needs of all Fairfax County children.

Participating physicians, dentists, pharmacies, labs and Kaiser Permanente provide services at reduced fees and the Fairfax County Government covers all administrative costs. All donations go directly to providing medical and dental services at a cost of $325 per year per child, far below the national average of $1,356. A winner of numerous area and national awards, including the prestigious Ford Foundation/Harvard University Award for Innovations in Local Government, the MCCP has been replicated throughout the United States and is a model.

Interesting Facts

MCCP provides comprehensive health care to children. Through our network of physicians and health maintenance organizations, we are able to obtain health care services at a reduced rate.
Since MCCP was initiated in 1986, the MCCP has linked over 75,000 Fairfax County children to a medical home.
Fairfax County children from birth to age 18 who reside in families that earn at or less than 250% of the federal poverty guideline are eligible. Children in this population frequently go without medical care, receive delayed medical care or rely on the hospital emergency room for primary care.
MCCP costs are estimated to be $325 per child annually — an amount well below the American Academy of Pediatrics Association’s estimate of $1,361 for providing a comprehensive medical benefits package annually to children.
Support from the medical community includes more than 500 physicians, specialists, and dentists, pharmacies and one HMO – Kaiser Permanente.
The MCCP was recently recognized as one of the top 40 charities that serve children in Washington DC by Washingtonian Magazine.
MCCP has received eight state and national awards, including the 2002 National Academy of Public Administration High Performance Award and the 1990 Harvard University/Ford Foundation Award for Innovation in State & Local Government. It was featured in the ABC Network special “Breaking the Cycle”, published in two books and many newspaper and magazine articles.