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Improving Health Care Quality

Using Medicaid to Address Young People’s Mental Health Needs in School Settings

Blog / Apr 10, 2024

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Improving Health Care Quality

Bringing the Voices of Young People into the Federal Regulatory Process — Lessons Learned from the Mental Health Parity Rule

Blog / Jan 04, 2024

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Improving Health Care Quality

States Are Adopting New Policies to Help Children Stay Enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP

Blog / Dec 20, 2023

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Improving Health Care Quality

Expanding Services to Meet the Growing Needs of Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Blog / Dec 07, 2023

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Improving Health Care Quality

How States Are Responding to the Behavioral Health Crisis Among Children and Youth

Blog / Nov 08, 2023

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Improving Health Care Quality

Using Digital Technology to Respond to the Youth Mental Health Crisis

Blog / Jul 26, 2023

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Improving Health Care Quality

Proposed Rules from CMS Could Bolster Access to Care for Beneficiaries in Medicaid and CHIP

Blog / Jun 07, 2023

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Improving Health Care Quality

Building a Statewide Youth Behavioral Health Crisis Continuum

Blog / May 10, 2023

Image, young child getting vaccine from gloved doctor hands

Advancing Health Equity

How Pediatric Care Providers Are Identifying and Addressing the Impacts of Racism on Children

Publication / May 09, 2023

Students enjoy the game room at Benjamin O. Davis Middle School in Compton, Calif., on Feb. 2, 2023. California is investing more than $4 billion to revamp its approach to youth mental health, ensuring that services are community-based, equitable, and inclusive of many different types of providers. Photo: Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images

Improving Health Care Quality

Strengthening Home- and Community-Based Services to Stabilize Young People with Behavioral Health Problems and Keep Them Out of Hospitals

Blog / Mar 08, 2023

A health worker prepares to administer a dose of Pfizer covid-19 vaccine to a girl at the Sanford Civic Center.

Improving Health Care Quality

How a COVID Booster Campaign Could Keep Kids Out of the Hospital and in School

Blog / Nov 15, 2022

Third graders line up in Erin Criss's classroom at Forestdale Elementary School in Springfield, VA on August 22, 2022.

Improving Health Care Quality

Using New Federal Funding to Meet Children’s Behavioral Health Needs in School

Blog / Nov 08, 2022

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