The Children Thrive Action Network (CTAN), along with seven partners and one independent researcher, held listening sessions across the country to learn about the concerns, desires, and challenges of immigrant parents and youth.
This paper seeks to answer how a non-clinical practice like youth peer support can be reimbursed by Medicaid without it being incorporated into a medicalized model.
In 2020, the tragic impact of the global pandemic and recession on families’ lives increased demand for our work across the board–new ideas in Congress, technical assistance to federal and state agencies, and partnerships with our advocacy colleagues. We put forth ideas during this period…
This brief provides an overview of the key mental health provisions in the act, gives a timeline of expected implementation, and offers recommendations for mental health policies that center equity.
Like other workers with low incomes, child care workers often lack access to affordable coverage options. States have policy options available to ensure affordable health coverage for low-income workers, including child care professionals.
This report recommends concrete actions policymakers and program administrators can take to improve accessibility of public programs for people with Long COVID and other disabilities.
The release of 2021 poverty and health insurance coverage data from the U.S. Census Bureau demonstrates how government action in response to the pandemic stabilized households, uplifted millions of people from poverty, and brought uninsurance rates to historic lows.
This fact sheet discusses the importance and effectiveness of providing school-based health services—especially for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled young people.
In this brief, we recommend steps states and advocates can take before churn returns to protect people who remain eligible for Medicaid and conserve state resources.
By Suzanne Wikle, Jennifer Wagner, Farah Erzouki, and Jennifer Sullivan Medicaid is the largest health insurer in the United States, at over 80 million enrollees. Its numerous benefits to enrollees include greater likelihood of completing school, higher wages, better health outcomes, and less medical debt…