Much of child welfare practice involves families who may have low income or be economically insecure. While most of these families do not engage in child maltreatment, they often lack sufficient resources—an issue that long has plagued families who are … Read More
Child Welfare
What About Me? Finding your path forward when your brother or sister is missing
Introduction While we’re not trained mental health professionals, we are brothers and sisters who have gone through situations much like what you are experiencing, and we have so much compassion and empathy for you. We want to help. This situation … Read More
Timing of Medicaid Enrollment for Children Engaged with Child Welfare Services in Two States
This brief examines the timing of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP)—hereafter, “Medicaid”—enrollment relative to timing of engagement with child welfare services for children in Florida and Kentucky. The analysis covers children involved in child welfare systems from 2017-2021. … Read More
Building Successful Data Linking Teams for Child Welfare and Medicaid Agencies
Lessons Learned from the Child Welfare and Health Infrastructure for Linking and Data Analysis of Resources, Effectiveness, and Needs (CHILDREN) Initiative INTRODUCTION Linking data across public systems is beneficial for a multitude of reasons including care coordination, improving research on … Read More
Historic Child Welfare Reforms and Family Supports Signed into Law
Bipartisan legislation – representing the work of many members of the Ways and Means Committee – to provide critical supports to vulnerable children and families has been signed into law. The Supporting America’s Children and Families Act (H.R.9076), introduced by Work and … Read More
Sections 5121 and 5122 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
Background Numerous studies show incarcerated youth experience high rates of physical and behavioral health conditions: Improving health care transitions for incarcerated youth is critically important. Many of these youth would otherwise be eligible or are already enrolled in Medicaid and … Read More
Ten Myths About the Effect of Social Media Use on Well-Being
Claims about the harms of social media are everywhere. Many are taken as fact. In the face of this certainty, it is useful to remember that it was once taken for granted that serial dramas on the radio, comic books, … Read More
U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
At the core of preventing and healing from violence are hope, health, and well-being. When individuals do not have access to all the elements that contribute to their well-being, they are forced to make tradeoffs that increase their vulnerability to … Read More
Serving LGBTQIA2S+ Children in the Criminal Justice System
Increased Risks for LGBTQIA2S+ Youth Transgender and nonbinary youth experience higher rates of childhood sexual abuse than cisgender children (15-34 percent for transgender and nonbinary youth, compared to 4.8 percent of the general population). Furthermore, compared to their cisgender counterparts, … Read More
Characteristics of Pregnant and Postpartum Women With Opioid-Exposed Births and Their Children According to Type of Behavioral Health Treatment
Maternal opioid use and diagnoses of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) have increased significantly in the United States over the last decade. Increased maternal substance use has contributed to maternal mortality in the United States, with one recent study documenting a … Read More