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

• Family Housing Preservation Program By Four Oaks Family and Children’s Services: An OPEN MINDS Program Profile
• Action For Healthy Kids Launches District Impact Network For School Wellness Leaders
• Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia & Soar Autism Center Partner To Expand Early Autism Care Access
• New Mexico Senate Bill 96: The Regulated Child Care Zoning Requirements Act
• New Mexico Senate Bill 241: Child Care Assistance Program Act
• Wisconsin To Extend Medicaid Postpartum Coverage To One Year Starting July 2026
• Washington State Creates PreK Promise Account To Expand Preschool Capacity With $1 Billion In Private Funding
• Four States Join Federal ‘Home For Every Child’ Foster Care Pilot
• Crisis & Re-Stabilization Emergency Services (CARES) By Spectrum Health & Human Services: An OPEN MINDS Program Profile
• Wisconsin 2025 Senate Bill 23: Relating To: Extension Of Eligibility Under The Medical Assistance Program For Postpartum Women
• Vermont DCF Updates Foster-Parent Licensing Guidance Following Legal Settlements Involving LGBTQ Youth Policies
• Superior HealthPlan Names Cute Pediatrics As The First Rio Grande Valley Provider To Earn Foster Care Distinction
• Wuoti v. Winters & The Vermont Department For Children & Families
• Antonucci v. Winters & Vermont Department For Children & Families
• Vermont DCF Practice Guidance: Supporting Conversations With Foster Care Applicants About Caring For LGBTQ+ Youth

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School-Age Children With Long COVID Have More Functional Limitations, Higher Absenteeism

Among school-age children, those living with long COVID were more than twice as likely to report functional limitations, such as memory problems and difficulty concentrating, compared to children who did not have long COVID, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Among children who have had COVID-19, those who had long COVID were more likely to have illness-related chronic absenteeism (defined as missing 18 or more days of… Read

• Breaking the Revolving Door: How an Intensive Crisis Stabilization Center Is Reducing ER Reliance
• San Francisco Specialized Foster Care Pilot For Youth Survivors Of Commercial Sexual Exploitation Resulted In Better Outcomes
• ACF Advises State Child Welfare To Avoid Child Removals Solely Due To Parental Lack Of Support For A Child’s Gender Identity
• Survey Finds Children In Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, North Dakota, Rhode Island, And Utah Have Most Resilient Childhoods
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