The 111^th Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) which greatly improves 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 include 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.

• Children’s Health Insurance Program
• Community Health Centers
• Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Testing (EPSDT)
• Medicaid
• Mental Health Block Grant
• Mental Health Programs of Regional and National Significance
• Maternal and Child Health Block Grant, Title V of the Social Security Act
• Healthy Start
• Home Visiting
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Early Intervention Services Program
• Mental Health 
• Ryan White AIDS Program, Part D
• Substance Abuse Block Grant
• Substance Abuse Treatment Programs of Regional and National Significance
• Targeted Case Management
• Teen Pregnancy
  • Family Planning Program, Title X of the Social Security Act
  • Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grants
• Trauma
  • National Child Traumatic Stress Network 

• The Quality Foster Care Services Act of 2014 (113^th Congress, S. 1992, H.R. 4016)

• What Does a Medicaid Block Grant Mean for Children in the Child Welfare System 
• On the Need to Preserve and Improve Medicaid for Child Welfare, 2011 
• Summary of the Medicaid Services Restoration Act
• CWLA Comments on Medicaid Interim Final Regulation on Targeted Case Management, (2/1/08)
• CWLA Testimony to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Hearing on The Administration’s Regulatory Actions on Medicaid: The Effects on Patients, Doctors, Hospitals, and States, (11/1/07)
• CWLA Comments to CMS on Proposed Rule CMS-2261-P: Coverage for Rehabilitative Services, (10/12/07)
• CWLA Comments to CMS on Citizenship Documentation, (8/4/06)
• CWLA Comments to Sec. Leavitt Concerning Citizenship Requirements, (6/27/06)
• Statement of the Child Welfare League of America for the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Hearing on Medicaid: Empowering Beneficiaries on the Road to Reform, (9/8/05)
• Statement of the Child Welfare League of America submitted to the Senate Finance Committee for the Hearing on Methamphetamine and it’s Social and Economic Impact on Child Welfare (4/25/06)
• Statement of the Child Welfare League of America submitted to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee for the Hearing on Methamphetamine and its Impact on Tribal Communities (4/5/06)
• Statement of the Child Welfare League of America for the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources Hearing on Fighting Meth In America’s Heartland: Assessing The Impact On Local Law Enforcement And Child Welfare Agencies (7/26/05)
• CWLA Testimony to Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources for Hearing on Parental Substance Abuse and Child Abuse (10/28/97)