Thursday, February 06, 2025
A Virtual Event
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
3:00 – 4:15 PM ET
Zoom
.5 CEs are available for this event.
This event is presented in partnership with the Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care and the National Alliance of Public Health Students and Alums.
Join the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH) at Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) for the latest session in the Beyond 2025 Critical Conversation Series: Threats to Medicaid Eligibility and Benefits for Children and Families.
Current policy proposals are poised to make major changes to Medicaid, resulting in threats to eligibility, benefits, and funding structures that could impact millions of children and families.
Meg Comeau, CISWH senior project director, and Adenike Chon, licensed graduate social worker and lived experience partner at Gillette Children’s Hospital, will share how we can use our collective power to take action against disruptive legislation so that every Medicaid-enrolled child has access to the care they need.
.5 CEs are available for this event.
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About the Speakers
Adenike Chon, MA, LGSW
Counselor, Open Door Health Center; Lived Experience Partner, Gilette Children’s Hospital
Adenike Chon is a licensed graduate social worker in Saint Paul, Minnesota where she consults on a plethora of diverse projects. Nationally she has served as a parent advisor for the Collaborative for Improvement and Innovation Network to Advance Care for Children with Medical Complexity (CMC CoIIN) and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Chon is a graduate of Partners in Policymaking, PACER Family Leadership Training, and the Family Voices of Minnesota’s CONNECTED Peer Support Program. She served three terms on the Minnesota Department of Education’s Special Education Advisory Panel. Currently, she is a member of the Complex Care Quality Improvement Team and a family engagement research partner at Gillette Children’s and the National Academy for State Health Policy’s (NASHP) Project Advisory Committee.
Meg Comeau, MHA
Senior Project Director, Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health, Boston University School of Social Work
Meg Comeau is a senior project director at the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH). She is a nationally recognized expert on Medicaid policy’s impact on children with special health care needs, medically complex conditions, and disabilities. She offers over 19 years of professional experience leading multi-million-dollar research, policy analysis, technical assistance, and care delivery improvement projects aimed at increasing pediatric health care access and quality, with a strong emphasis on equitable family/clinician partnership.