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

• Florida Department Of Health Avoidance Of Psychotropic Pharmacotherapy In Children Age 5-17: Guidance Statement
• National Overview Of State-Level Challenges & Efforts To Minimize Or Eliminate Temporary Emergency Placements In Foster Care
• State Medicaid & Children’s Health Insurance Program Applied Behavior Analysis Toolkit
• Oregon Health Authority Creates A Provider Partnership For Child Behavioral Support In Family Shelters
• ARC Health Partners With The Waverly Group To Expand Access To Collaborative Pediatric Behavioral Health Care In Connecticut
• Texas DFPS Cancels Community-Based Child Welfare Contract With EMPOWER
• ACF Launches Technical Assistance Center To Help Jurisdictions Implement ‘Fostering The Future’ Accounts
• YAPWrap® By Youth Advocate Programs: An OPEN MINDS Program Profile
• ACF Announces $7.5 Million Prevention Accelerator Grants To Support Implementation Of Foster Care Prevention Services
• Inperium Secures $114 Million In Bond Financing To Acquire Three Human Service Organizations
• Is Your Plan A Block Of Paper?
• Orchard Park Hospital Signs Letter Of Intent To Merge With WVU Medicine
• What Are We Spending On Special Education Services In The United States, 1999-2000?
• Connecticut Enacts Child Welfare Reform Law Expanding Kinship Care, Workforce Safety & System Oversight
• Kentucky Governor Temporarily Restores Foster Care Funding Following 2027 Budget Cuts

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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

• 77.5% Of U.S. Mental Health Treatment Facilities Serving Children Offered Telehealth Services; 56.1% Offered Telehealth Medication Management
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• California’s San Luis Obispo County Awards Crestwood Behavioral Health $4.6 Million Contract To Operate New Youth Psychiatric Facility
• Connecticut Public Act Number 26-26: An Act Concerning Child Welfare Accountability & Transparency
• Handspring Raises $19 Million To Expand Its Youth Mental Health Care Nationwide

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