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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Class Action Alleges Iowa Medicaid Denies Children Timely Access To Intensive Mental Health Care
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Screening For Adverse Childhood Experiences Linked To 28 Percentage Point Rise In Children’s Behavioral Health Utilization
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Listening Session Highlights Barriers to Providing Mental Health Services For Immigrant Children & Non-English Speakers
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Hawaii Child Welfare Seeks Resource Caregiver Placement Services For Young Children With Special Health Care Needs

On December 8, 2022, Aetna Better Health® of West Virginia, a CVS Health® company announced that it provided a total of $6.1 million to 18 health care provider organizations across the state to help them expand community-based services for Children with Serious Emotional Disorders (CSED) and in-state specialized residential care. Aetna Better Health of West… Read
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- States Failed To Correctly Report Two-Thirds Of Missing Foster Children From 2018 Through 2020
- Brightline Pediatric Mental Health Joins Evernorth Behavioral Health Network
- University Of Connecticut Awarded $10 Million To Launch A National Early Childhood Intervention Personnel Development Equity Center
- Nevada Senate Bill 274 Of 2021: Revises Provisions Relating To Commercially Sexually Exploited Children
Latest Resources
- Developing Innovative Collaborations For School-Based Mental Health Services—The Emergence Health Network Case Study
- Idaho To Provide Or Contract At Least Three Child Maltreatment Prevention Services
- ACF Proposes Changes To Foster Family Licensing To Allow States To Adopt Different Licensing Standards For Kinship Care
- North Carolina Proposes Investing $1 Billion To Strengthen Behavioral Health System
- Separate Licensing Standards For Relative Or Kinship Foster Family Homes
- Idaho DHW Strategic Plan 2023 To 2027
- Illinois HFS Launched Pathways To Success Program To Provide New Community-Based Services For Children With Complex Mental Health Conditions
- Illinois Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative Recommends Blueprint For Improving Public Behavioral Health Care System
- Quality Of Care For Children In Medicaid And CHIP: Findings From The 2019 Child Core Set
- States That Expanded Access To SNAP Eligibility Had Lower Rates Of CPS Investigated Reports For Child Maltreatment
- Walmart & CareSource Enter Agreement To Address Health Disparities, Introduce Pilot Programs In Ohio & Georgia
- Florida Medicaid Managed Care Contracts
- Michigan To Expand Congregate Care Capacity For Youth With Behavioral Health Needs
- Blueprint For Transformation: A Vision For Improved Behavioral Healthcare For Illinois Children
- Illinois Pathways To Success Overview Webinar
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Government Contract Bidding Opportunities
- Texas Seeks Community-Based Care Single Source Continuum-Contractor Region 3 Metroplex West
- Texas Seeks Early Child Care Providers Bootcamp Services
- Connecticut's City of Hartford Seeks Summer Education and Enrichment Program Services
- California's Mendocino County Seeks Child Support Attorney Services
Government Contract Award Announcements
- Missouri Awards Community-Based Navigation Services Contract to Gateway to Hope
- Indiana Awards Multiple Hoosier Families First Fund Maternal Child Health Programming Services Contracts
- Montana Awards Four Communities That Care Expansion Services Contracts
- Maine Awards Rural Community Health Improvement Partnership Component A: Demonstration Project for Phase 1 Contract to Central Maine Area Agency on Aging dba Healthy Living for ME