Strategic Leadership
Advisory Board Our Advisory Board provides guidance on CISWH’s trans-disciplinary agenda. Its members share our commitment to promoting the intersection of social work and public health. Heidi L. Allen, PhD, MSW Dr. Allen is the associate dean for research and an associate professor of soci [...]
The National Network
The National Network for Advancing Systems of Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs About the Network Collaborating with the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, our goal is to improve the health and well-being of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and [...]
Dissemination and Evaluation Center
The Dissemination and Evaluation Center (DEC) was formed in 2015 as part of the Dissemination of Evidence-Informed Interventions to Improve Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum Initiative, a Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) initiative. The DEC has adapted four previously impl [...]
Improving Access to HIV Care Using CHWs
As the Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center (TAEC) for the initiative, Boston University (BU) will provide training and technical assistance to these provider sites, especially CHWs and supervisors, as they develop and implement the CHW model in their settings. BU will also evaluate the effect [...]
Mihoko Maru
Mihoko Maru, PhD, LCSW, MA is dedicated to promoting mental health equity in both domestic and international contexts and enhancing trauma-informed mental healthcare in under-resourced communities. She has over 10 years of experience in intervention research and program evaluations of community-base [...]
Catastrophic Relief Fund
A fund established by a state or other payer through various public and private sources, that may pay expenses incurred by families for health or social support services that are not covered by an insurance plan or other benefit program. Independent commissions or Title V programs usually administer [...]
Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)
As defined by the MCHB, CYSHCN are those from birth to age 21 who have, or are at increased risk for, chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally. Also referred to [...]
Family Opportunity Act (FOA)
Federal legislation that gives states the option of providing Medicaid coverage to children who meet the disability standard used in the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, but whose family income is higher than the income limits for SSI or Medicaid but less than 300% federal poverty level ( [...]
Medicaid
A public benefits program, jointly funded by state and federal dollars. The federal government oversees the program, but it is administered by the states. Medicaid provides coverage for health care and health-related services to low-income and other specific categories of individuals, such as childr [...]
State Plan/State Plan Amendment (SPA)
A state’s Medicaid program plan, federally approved under Title XIX of the Social Security Act. A state may submit amendments to modify its plan. The state plan defines which services will be covered and the terms of eligibility for those services. While state Medicaid programs must include ce [...]
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