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More States Make Progress on Extending Postpartum Medicaid Coverage
The 2022 state legislative season is nearing its end in the coming weeks, and this year we’ve continued to see significant efforts in a broad range of states working to extend the Medicaid postpartum coverage from the current cutoff of just 60 days to a full 12 months after the end of the pregnancy. Regular…
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American Rescue Plan Helps States Respond to Youth Mental Health Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted lives in many ways and has taken an unprecedented toll on children’s mental health, exacerbating long-standing gaps in mental health care for children in the United States. According to CDC reports, children’s emergency room visits for mental health issues increased significantly during the pandemic, with visits for adolescent girls for…
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American Rescue Plan Home and Community-Based Services Funding: A Review of State Plans to Support Child and Adolescent Mental Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an unprecedented toll on children’s mental health, exacerbating long-standing gaps in mental health care for children in the United States. Fortunately, a number of states plan to invest in initiatives that support youth behavioral and mental health by leveraging funds made available by section 9817 of the American Rescue Plan…
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New Toolkit Highlights ARPA Funding Opportunities for Maternal and Early Childhood Health Priorities
The American Rescue Plan made billions available for state and local governments to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, including significant investments in programs that support children and families. The National Collaborative for Infants and Toddlers (BUILD) recently released an important new toolkit to help state advocates and policymakers make sense of funding opportunities through the…
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Medicaid Expansion Narrows Maternal Health Coverage Gaps, But Racial Disparities Persist
Introduction The United States is experiencing a maternal mortality crisis and has the highest maternal mortality rate of any industrialized country in the world.8 In 2019, more than 750 women died of maternal causes in the United States while pregnant or within 42 days after the end of pregnancy, data from the Centers for Disease…