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
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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
MACStats: Medicaid and CHIP Data Book
This 2024 edition of the MACStats: Medicaid and CHIP Data Book presents the most current data available on Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), two programs that provide a safety net for low-income populations who otherwise would … Read More
State Medicaid Approaches to Respite Care for Children and Youth with Chronic and Complex Needs
Introduction Family caregivers play a critical role in supporting children and youth with chronic illness, behavioral and special health care needs, and medical complexities. Without access to adequate services and supports, family caregivers are often relied upon to fill gaps … Read More
Timely Health Care for Children and Youth in Foster Care: Getting Started on Quality Improvement
This video provides an overview of how Medicaid and child welfare agencies can start a QI project to improve timeliness of health services for children and youth entering foster care. The Model for Improvement is built on small tests of … Read More
Improving Timely Health Care for Children and Youth in Foster Care Driver Diagram and Change Ideas
A driver diagram shows the processes or systems that affect the aim of your quality improvement (QI) project and determine what you need to do to improve outcomes. Use the state Medicaid and CHIP improving timely health care for children … Read More
Leveraging Medicaid to Support Children and Youth Living With Complex Behavioral Health Needs
Executive Summary The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the already-growing mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) (behavioral health) crisis gripping children and youth in the United States. It has spurred federal, state, and other actions to expand funding and treatment opportunities … Read More
Investing in Families Prevents Child Welfare Involvement
The path forward is clear: strengthening household financial security can reduce child abuse and neglect by improving the opportunity for parents to meet their children’s basic needs, provide developmentally appropriate child care, and reduce parental stress and depression, both risk … Read More
How States Use Medicaid Managed Care to Deliver Long-Term Services and Supports to Children with Special Health Care Needs: A 50-State Review of Medicaid Managed Care Contracts
How States Use Medicaid Managed Care to Deliver Long-Term Services and Supports to Children with Special Health Care Needs: A 50-State Review of Medicaid Managed Care Contracts.Honsberger, Kate. Holladay, Scott. Kim, Erin. VanLandeghem, Karen.National Academy for State Health Policy.2018https://nashp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/MLTSS-and-CYSHCN-Issue-Brief-Final.pdf 50-State … Read More