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

• North Dakota Medicaid Adds Host Homes For Children With I/DD As New Waiver Service
• 33% Of Foster Children Receive Federal Title IV-E Maintenance Payments, Dropping From 40%
• North Dakota Approved Request For An Amendment To A §1915(c) Home & Community-Based Services Waiver
• Methodist Children’s Homes Of Mississippi Awarded $3.3 Million To Modernize Treatment Environments, Establish Mental Health Programs For Those Affected By COVID
• Title IV-E Foster Care Program & Administration National Average Effective Federal Match Rates Are Less Than Half Statutory Match Rates
• Child Welfare Involvement Linked To 24% Lower Emergency Department Use Among Substance-Exposed Infants
• New Youth Crisis Center Opens In Belmont County, Ohio With $5.3 Million Investment
• Arizona Medicaid Spending For Supports For Children With Developmental Disabilities Increased 150% In Last Two Years
• North Dakota HHS Receives $6 Million SAMHSA Grant To Expand Children’s Behavioral Health Services
• KidsPeace To End Operations In Georgia, Close Bowdon Facility By Year-End 2026
• The New Age Of Care Coordination: A Discussion With Jeff Smith, CEO Of Bamboo Health
• The Road To Excellence: Gateway Rehab Center’s 2026 Journey To Strategic CARF Accreditation
• Children’s Mental Health Mapping Report
• Texas HHSC & DFPS Open Terrell Center For Youth To Serve Adolescents With Complex Behavioral Health Needs
• HHS Announces New Peer Support Prevention Services To Strengthen Families & Reduce Risk Of Entering Foster Care

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Kentucky Governor Temporarily Restores Foster Care Funding Following 2027 Budget Cuts

After the Kentucky General Assembly adopted a fiscal year 2027 budget that reduced funding for a variety of social services by approximately $1.2 billion, including foster care rates and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear reallocated $30 million in unused project funding to prevent approximately half of the planned foster care rate reductions, according to the governor’s June 11, 2026, press conference. The reallocated funding is expected to delay the reductions… Read

• Massachusetts Child Welfare Reform Legislation Expands Family Supports & Creates A Foster Child Bill Of Rights
• New Jersey Faces Workforce Shortages Across Child-Serving Mental Health Disciplines
• Illinois Creates Statewide Language Assessment Program For Young Children Who Are Deaf, Hard Of Hearing, Or Deafblind
• Illinois Child Care Act Of 1969
• Innovative Ways To Cultivate Leadership Readiness: The Familylinks Case Study

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