Fact Sheet: Reducing Health Insurance Inequities Among Latino Families Raising Children with Special Health Care Needs
This fact sheet from the Catalyst Center explores strategies states can use to close the health care coverage and financing gaps experienced by Latino families raising children with special health care needs.
Tami Gouveia
Appointed Director of the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health and Paul Farmer Professor of Practice in 2023, Dr. Tami Gouveia has extensive experience as a leader in social work and public health, policymaking, and change management. Throughout her 25-year career, she has used her expe [...]
Fact Sheet: The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Children with Special Health Care Needs—An Overview.
This fact sheet provides information about the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility and benefits for CSHCN.
Case Study: Buying into a Medicaid Buy-in Program: The Texas Experience
Family advocacy efforts coupled with legislative support resulted in the creation and implementation of a Medicaid Buy-in program for families raising children with disabilities in Texas.
Improving Access to Coverage for Children with Special Health Care Needs in the Face of Health Inequities: Strategies Reported By Family Leadership Organizations
The Catalyst Center interviewed staff from family leadership organizations in five states to learn about the barriers underserved families face and the strategies these organizations use to address health insurance inequities among CSHCN in their communities. This policy brief describes the strategi [...]
Daniel Jacobson López
Daniel Jacobson López, an expert in trauma, joined BU School of Social Work as an assistant professor in 2021. He is also visiting faculty at Yale University’s School of Public Health and a BU Diversity & Inclusion STAR scholar. His research examines the experiences of gay Latino and Black se [...]
Infographic: Medicaid & CHIP: What’s the Difference?
This infographic explains the important differences between Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
The Essential Components of Health Care Reform for Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)
As the possibility of national health care reform became a reality, the Catalyst Center identified three things children with special health care needs would need: Coverage that is universal and continuous, adequate, and affordable.
Digital Story: The Peer Program Makes a Big Difference
This digital story describes how one peer educator supports one client’s efforts to manage his HIV self-care. It does not represent all peers and clients, nor does it portray all the ways peers help clients cope with the daily stresses of living with HIV.
Margaret Lombe
An expert in social work and global health equity, Dr. Lombe is part of the macro practice department at BUSSW and, in addition to her professorship, is faculty director for the BRIDGE Program, BUSSW’s innovative pre-MSW program for immigrants and refugees designed to promote access and equity in [...]
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