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Jade Little

is a Project Coordinator at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families.

Jade Little is a Project Coordinator at the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF). Prior to joining CCF, she worked to advance healthy food policies at the Global Health Advocacy Incubator and interned at PolicyLab at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She has also worked in anti-poverty and workforce development policy. Jade is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and is currently pursuing an MPH in Maternal and Child Health at the Milken Institute of Public Health at The George Washington University.

Latest From Jade

Bipartisan Medicaid Expansion Efforts in North Carolina: How Politicians Formerly Opposed to Expansion Are Framing Their New Support

In a reversal of the longtime opposition of many members of their caucus, House and Senate Republicans in North Carolina have joined Democratic colleagues and shown overwhelming support for Medicaid expansion in North Carolina’s 2022 legislative session. Both chambers have passed their own Medicaid expansion bills with nearly unanimous support from both parties, although they […]

New Report Offers Another Compelling Reason for States to Expand Medicaid

There are plenty of reasons for states to expand Medicaid. It can increase access to health care, improve health outcomes and financial security, encourage employment and education gains, and the list goes on. A report released by the Urban Institute in June offers yet another reason: it is associated with decreased medical debt. The report […]

South Dakota’s Journey to Medicaid Expansion: An Update 

South Dakota is still on track to close its Medicaid coverage gap. Voters in the state are set to decide whether to expand Medicaid through ballot initiative this November. Legislators opposed to expansion, recognizing the success of ballot initiatives to expand Medicaid in other states, made an attempt to prevent expansion – but this ended […]

In South Dakota, Medicaid Expansion May Be Up to Voters

In states that have not expanded Medicaid, it’s not for lack of options on how to enact expansion. States have used multiple options to expand Medicaid, including legislation, executive action, and voter-led actions. In South Dakota, ​​one of the twelve remaining states that has yet to expand Medicaid, lawmakers put forward legislation earlier this year […]