Health Care
Summary
The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act greatly improved access to health care services for children in out-of-home care, and other children and families who are vulnerable. The most significant child welfare improvements included the expansion of Medicaid for former foster youth, protection of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the creation of the first-ever federal funding stream to provide home visitation, and the strengthening of the health care coordination requirements for youth in care. CHIP and Medicaid and services like EPSDT and home visiting are critical to ensure accessible and affordable health care for low-income and otherwise vulnerable children and families.
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- Children’s Health Insurance Program
- Health Center Program
- Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Testing (EPSDT)
- Medicaid
- Substance Use and Mental Health Block Grant
- Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program
- Healthy Start
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Resources
- Mental Health
- Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, Part D: Services for Women, INfants, Children and Youth
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
- Child Trauma
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network