Family Supports
Title V programs, Medicaid agencies, and Family Leader organizations have a variety of programs that help families raising CYSHCN understand health care financing.
Premium Assistance
In premium assistance programs, a state agency pays all or part of a family’s health insurance premiums. These programs are often implemented for low-income working families.
Methodology for Estimating the Impact of State Implementation of the Family Opportunity Act
The Family Opportunity Act (FOA) is a state option for creating a Medicaid Buy-in program for families raising children with disabilities whose income is too high for Medicaid but less than 300% of the federal poverty level (FPL). This policy brief provides a methodology for estimating the impact of [...]
Housing Assistance and Health Outcomes
Regarding the first question, one of the strategic goals of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is to “utilize HUD assistance to improve health outcomes.” Yet research on how federal low-income housing programs impact health outcomes is limited. No study has been done to d [...]
CHIP
The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a public benefits program exclusively for uninsured children whose family income is too high for Medicaid.
Training
CISWH designs innovative training programs, curricula, and other tools to provide crucial knowledge and skills related to HIV, oral health, Medicaid/CHIP coverage for children and youth with special health care needs, and other areas. Developed for online or offline use and in multiple languages, th [...]
The Paxton Family
Eleven-year old Chance’s cochlear implants don’t get in the way of him doing all the things he loves. He is doing well in a regular classroom and playing with friends in the neighborhood. But the path to this success story was long, costly, and filled with roadblocks.
Telehealth Resources
Medicaid Telehealth Policies States Can Make Permanent to Ensure Access for Children/Families, from Manatt. COVID-19 Related State Actions, from the National Telehealth Policy Resource Center. Medicaid State Plan Fee-for-Service Payments for Services Delivered Via Telehealth, from Centers for Medi [...]
COVID-19 Resources for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Catalyst Center COVID-19 Resource Series on Medicaid, CHIP, and the CARES Act The public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has real implications for state Title V programs as well as families raising children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). The Catalyst Center [...]
AMCHP Conference Workshop: Seeing Is Believing
On March 10th at the 2019 Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) conference, the Catalyst Center presented an infographic series on the fundamentals of financing the system of care for CYSHCN. The presentation reviews the rationale for the infographic series, key content in eac [...]
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