Children & 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.
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Nebraska Creating New Family Supports Waiver For Children With Developmental Disabilities On The Waiting List
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Florida Medicaid Proposed Coverage Limits Sites Where Children With Autism Can Receive ABA
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South Carolina Implements A Short-Term Action Plan To Prevent Housing Children In DSS Offices
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17% Of Children Aged 3 To 17 Years Have A Developmental Disability
Children With Autism Less Likely To Receive Preventive Care Blood Pressure Screening
From 2002 through 2018, children with autism ages three and older were less likely to receive a blood pressure screening at preventive care visits than children without autism. Blood pressure screenings at preventive care visits took place at 55.8% of visits for children with autism and 75.7% of visits for children without autism. The screening… Read
- Pacific Life Foundation Grants $2 Million To Children’s Health of Orange County For Mental Health
- New York Medicaid Sued For Denying Children Mental Health Treatment
- South Carolina Department Of Social Services Short-Term Plan To Address Overnight Stays
- Settlement In Coppinger v. South Carolina
- Washington DCYF To Test New Type Licensing For Multi-Site Child Care Program
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- Child Welfare - Planning Post Pandemic
- Medicaid-Enrolled Preschoolers In One State Had Multi-Year Exposure To Antipsychotic Medications
- Pediatric Behavioral Health Provider, Handspring Raises $6.2 Million Seed Money & Launches NJ Operations
- Dayton Children’s Hospital Plans New Freestanding Pediatric Mental Health Care Center
- Georgia Seeks Short-Term Acute Psychiatric Crisis Stabilization Beds For Youth
- Texas DFPS To Expand Community-Based Foster Care To Four More Regions
- Childhood Abuse Linked To Higher Risk Of High Cholesterol As Adults
- Colorado To Provide 10 Hours Per Week Of Free Universal Preschool
- California, Georgia, Indiana, New Jersey, Oklahoma & Virginia Saw Increase In Adolescent Suicides During COVID-19
- Washington Legislature Awards $10.6 Million For Stipends To Youth Exiting Extended Foster Care
- States With Differential Response Programs Show Significant Reduction In Child Maltreatment
- Firearm Deaths Surpass Motor Vehicle Deaths For Youth Aged 0 To 19
- Brave Health Partners With The Doula Network To Expand Maternal Mental Health Services For Medicaid Beneficiaries
- The Power & Problems Of Algorithm-Driven Decisionmaking In Child Welfare
- Configo Health Partners With Indiana's Riley Children’s Health To Design Pediatric Benchmark Data & Analytics Platform
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Government Contract Bidding Opportunities
- Alaska Seeks COVID Mitigation for Transitional Aged Youth
- Pennsylvania's City of Philadelphia Seeks Leadership and Professional Development Services
- Ohio Seeks Evaluation and Facilitation Services for Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
- Connecticut Seeks K-5 Data Monitoring Program and Professional Development Services
Government Contract Award Announcements
- Idaho Awards Women’s Crisis Transitional Beds in Region 3 Contract to Advocates Against Family Violence
- Delaware Awards Four Expanded Early Intervention Services Child Development Watch Contracts
- Delaware Awards Early Childhood Resource and Referral Services Contract to Children and Families First
- New Jersey Awards Integrated Opioid Treatment and Substance Exposed Infants Services Contract to Family Guidance Center of Warren County
