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

• U.S. Children Raised In Kinship Families More Likely To Live In Poverty, Have Physical & Mental Health Issues, Or Special Education Needs
• Rates Of Permanency Remain Lower Among Older Children In Foster Care Than Younger Children
• ACF & HHS Notify 39 Governors That States Must Stop Diverting Foster Youths’ Earned Social Security Survivor Benefits
• Relatives Raising Children: Federal Support Helps, But Challenges Persist
• Illinois Announces Medicaid Coverage For Home Visiting Services For Pregnant & Parenting Individuals
• Nevada DCFS Using ‘Family-Match’ To Accelerate Adoptions
• California School Districts Have Billed $1.8 Million Through The Student Behavioral Health Initiative
• New York Launches $100 Million Child Day Care Capital Construction Funding Program To Create Up To 10,000 New Slots
• Adirondack Youth Lodge By Citizen Advocates: An OPEN MINDS Program Profile
• Texas DFPS To Pilot Community-Based Child Welfare Services In Rural Areas
• California Children & Youth Behavioral Health Initiative Fee Schedule Program
• Illinois Department Of Healthcare & Family Services Fee Schedule For Home Visiting Services
• The Nebraska Foster Care Review Office December 2025 Quarterly Report
• Nebraska Percentage Of Children Aging Out Of Foster Care Has Nearly Doubled In A Decade
• New York State Child Care Facts & Figures 2024

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Child First & Center

It has been almost 30 years since the original Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study—Relationship Of Childhood Abuse And Household Dysfunction To Many Of The Leading Causes Of Death In Adults—was conducted at Kaiser Permanente from 1995 to 1997 (see About The CDC-Kaiser ACE Study). The findings were compelling. Persons who had experienced four or more ‘adverse experiences’ as children had 4- to 12-fold increased health risks for alcoholism, drug abuse, depression, and suicide attempts as… Read

• Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia Receives $1.7 Million Investment From UnitedHealthcare To Support Essential Community Programs
• California Youth Homelessness Declined By Nearly One-Fourth Between 2019, 2024
• HHS Releases Report On ‘Medical Dangers’ Of Procedures For Youth With Gender Dysphoria
• Treatment For Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review Of Evidence & Best Practices
• North Texas Sees Ongoing Challenges Facing Children & Families

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