social determinants of health

New Report Explores How States Are Using Section 1115 Demonstration Projects to Address the Health-Related Social Needs of Pregnant and Postpartum Women and Young Children

Over the past few years, states have increasingly sought to use Medicaid to cover services and supports that address unmet individual-level social conditions, known as health-related social needs (HRSN), that can adversely affect health outcomes. Pregnant and postpartum individuals and young children – populations that have significant need for consistent access to healthcare and are […]

Allexa Gardner, Nancy Kaneb June 13, 2024

New Resource: WIC Can Help Medicaid Improve the Health of Pregnant and Postpartum People, Infants, and Young Children

By: Elisabeth Wright Burak, Sonya Schwartz, Zoë Neuberger, Jennifer Sullivan, Lauren Hall [Editor’s note: CBPP and CCF hosted a webinar to discuss this resource. Please find the webinar recording here and a copy of the presentation slides here).] Child health leaders are no strangers to the benefits of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, […]

Elisabeth Wright Burak, Guest February 28, 2024

Vermont’s Section 1115 Demonstration: Medicaid Managed Care Meets Single Payer

Vermont is one of ten states that don’t use risk-based Medicaid managed care. It’s not that Vermont isn’t interested in risk-based managed care. The state is very interested—so long as it is the managed care organization (MCO). The state made its case to CMS in its application to extend its section 1115 demonstration beyond June […]

Andy Schneider

July 19, 2022

National Strategy Needed to Close Health Care Gaps, Protect Children’s Health and Well-Being

New research from the Urban Institute, “Urgent Action Needed to Address Children’s Unmet Health Care Needs during the Pandemic,” identifies the problems families with children are facing and some proven solutions, but explains that without a coordinated, national response, it’s unlikely that the children most at risk will get needed supports. Instead, as the authors […]

Kelly Whitener

October 29, 2020

Children Need Social Emotional Learning Support Especially During COVID-19 and School Closures

As we enter August with over 4.5 million COVID-19 cases and rising, many states and school districts are making final plans for the fall semester. As they do, they face lingering questions about what is the safest option for young students as they prepare for this school year. Although it may be beneficial to keep […]

Taylor Vessel

August 5, 2020