Child & Family Services

The children and family services market encompasses a wide range of services and supports for children who are involved with the child welfare system and/or who have complex physical and behavioral health conditions. For organizations serving children, the market challenges are increasing – from increased incidence of serious child mental health issues and autism, to a lack of community-based placements for children with complex needs, to increases in family involvement in the child welfare system due to parental opioid use, to uncertainty in the special education sector about the implications of new federal policies.

Latest Resources

• Friends Of The Poor & Catherine McAuley Center Unite To Expand Services For Vulnerable Families
• Federal Administration For Children & Families Selects Five States To Launch TANF Pilots With New Outcomes Measurement
• FY2024 – TANF Caseload Data As Of 1/30/2025
• Prevalence Of Food Insecurity Higher Among Children Ages 2 To 17 With Chronic Health Conditions
• Prevalence Estimates Of Childhood Disability Vary Widely, From 11% To 23%, Depending On the Identification Method Used
• Delaware Seeks New Targeted Case Management Services For Adjudicated Youth Before & After Release
• The ER Bottleneck
• Magellan Health Enhances Digital Support For Caregivers Of Children With Autism Through Collaboration With Attend Behavior
• Pediatrica Health Group Acquires Capote Pediatrics
• Federal MAHA Commission Unveils Strategy To ‘Make Our Children Healthy Again’
• Half Of Children Enrolled In Medicaid & CHIP Did Not Receive A Followup Visit Within A Week of Hospitalization Or Emergency Department Visit for Suicidal Thoughts Or Behaviors
• Magellan Health’s Collaborative Care Model In Pediatric Primary Care Improves Children’s Access To Behavioral Health Treatment
• More Of The World’s Children Are Now Obese Than Underweight, At 9.4% Compared To 9.2%
• Make Our Children Healthy Again, Strategy Report
• Most Children Enrolled In Medicaid Did Not Receive Timely Suicide-Related Followup Care

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South Dakota Refines Policy For Kinship Care Licensing To Encourage Family-Based Foster Care Placements 

The South Dakota Department of Social Services implemented new policies to create a licensing pathway for kinship foster care in the state. Starting on June 1, 2025, kinship caregivers who obtain the license are eligible for foster care maintenance payments from the state at the same rate the state pays to non-related foster families. Currently, about 30% of foster youth in the state are placed in a kinship placement with a relative or a close… Read

• Pennsylvania Reports Increased Child Abuse Allegations, But Fewer Substantiated Allegations Between 2023 & 2024
• Early Learning Insight Awarded $6.4 Million Contract To Support Nevada’s Quality Rating & Improvement System For Early Childhood Education
• 48% Of U.S. Adolescents Say Social Media Negatively Affects Their Peers
• Massachusetts Selects Provider Organizations For Medicaid HCBS For Child Behavioral Health
• (Finally) Planning Your Digital Transformation

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