Candace Webb

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Candace Webb

Candace Webb is a Senior State Health Policy Analyst at the Center for Children and Families (CCF). She comes to Georgetown University with a decade of experience in public health, most recently as the Western Services Branch Chief in the Division of State HIV/AIDS Programs at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Before holding various positions at HRSA, Candace also worked as the Outreach Manager for Health and Reproductive Rights at the National Women’s Law Center.

Candace holds a BS in Health Science Education from the University of Florida and a Master of Public Health degree in Maternal and Child Health from the University of South Florida.

Latest From Candace

CMS Guidance Spotlights Ways Medicaid Can Support Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services in Schools

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently released a Joint Informational Bulletin that offers a helpful roadmap to states and schools on the ways certain Medicaid authorities can help support school-based mental health and substance use disorder services for children and adolescents.  As […]

National Academies Report Charts Pathway to Better Health Coverage for Adolescents

Sustaining investments in the health of children as they enter their second decade of life is sound public policy, according to a new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM).  Not only is adolescence — the developmental period roughly from the age of 10 to 24 — a time of immense […]

How Medicaid and CHIP Can Support Student Success through Schools

Seventh in a series of briefs on the future of children’s health care coverage Summary Recognizing that a healthy student is a better student, education and health officials have begun working closely in the past few years to integrate their efforts. Recent changes to federal education law, new grant programs and revised Medicaid rules have […]