What are promising practices for using Medicaid State Plan Amendments and waivers to address the needs of children and youth in foster care?
Learn how the use of Medicaid state plan amendments and waivers can support children in foster care.
Behavioral health
How can Medicaid support the treatment costs for youth in residential programs?
This brief describes how Medicaid funds can support residential treatment programs and outlines considerations for FFPSA implementation.
How does Sweetser’s residential treatment approach promote family engagement and inclusion in Maine?
Learn how a residential treatment program for children with behavioral health challenges shifted its practice toward parent engagement.
How can Medicaid services and plans address vulnerable children’s health care needs?
This webinar series highlights Medicaid and EPSDT, addressing dental and behavioral health care needs, waivers and amending state plans.
What is New Jersey’s Mobile Response and Stabilization Services intervention?
Mobile Response and Stabilization Services provides immediate support to stabilize children in crisis and keep them safe at home.
Building the bridge
A study of high service users among youth in foster care in Tennessee and Florida using linked Medicaid and child welfare data.
Is there an effective policy framework for oversight and monitoring of the use of psychotropic medication by youth in out-of-home care?
Given the high rate of psychotropic medication use by youth in out-of-home care, it is vital to establish effective oversight plans.
Addressing Unaddressed Needs: Helping Agencies Target Services to Children and Caregivers in Child Welfare
Children and caregivers in the child welfare system have a high degree of unmet service needs.
Washington communities reduce trauma effects through public-private partnerships
Several communities have created innovative approaches to decrease problems linked to trauma.
