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Jade Little

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

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Jade Little is a Research Fellow 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 has a MPH in Maternal and Child Health from the Milken Institute of Public Health at The George Washington University and a BA in Health & Societies, specializing in Health Care Markets and Financing, from the University of Pennsylvania.

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  • What Do We Know So Far About State Materials & Consumer Outreach on Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements?

    States need to do effective, consumer-friendly outreach and education to communicate new work reporting requirements to affected Medicaid expansion adults and new applicants. Mandatory work reporting is one of the biggest seismic shifts in Medicaid policy in a generation, and without strong outreach and public awareness – including through content that is easy to understand…

  • How are H.R. 1 Cuts and Changes to Medicaid and SNAP Playing out in 2026 State Legislative Sessions So Far?

    Following the enactment of the largest Medicaid cuts in history, we anticipated a flurry of Medicaid activity in state legislative sessions. State legislators were left to fill the budget holes made by H.R.1, figure out how to implement H.R.1-mandated policies like work reporting requirements, and (hopefully) mitigate some of the associated coverage losses. Ten state…

  • New State-by-State Medicaid and CHIP Tracker Shows Declining Enrollment as H.R. 1 Cuts Loom

    Georgetown CCF has been closely tracking Medicaid and CHIP enrollment periodically over the past decade, – most recently as states began “unwinding” continuous coverage protections put in place during the pandemic. Now, as states prepare to implement H.R.1, including mandatory work reporting requirements and more frequent renewals for people covered through Medicaid expansion, while mixed-status…

  • Florida Bill Would Waste Money on a Lose-Lose Plan to Punish Very Low-Income Parents

    As readers of the SayAhhh! Health Policy blog know, states that have taken up the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion are now mandated to impose a punitive work reporting requirement as of January 1, 2027. Florida has not taken up the expansion and covers very few adults, but Florida legislators are considering a bill…

  • Medicaid Cuts Kick in Quickly and Quietly in Idaho

    Amber and Darrell Daniels with three of their four children. They live in Caldwell, Idaho. Darrell works for a pest control company while Amber enjoys being a stay-at-home mom to care for their children