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Continuous Eligibility ensures that children have access to the care

WebEvery child deserves access to comprehensive and stable health care that helps them thrive. The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency barred state governments from …

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FACT SHEET: Children’s Mental Health First Focus on Children

WebDownload the Fact Sheet. Half of all mental health disorders show the first signs before a 20%person turns 14 years old, and 79% of mental health disorders …

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Securing the Future of Children's Health: The Importance of …

WebAccess to affordable and comprehensive health care is essential for the well-being and future success of our nation’s children. Established in 1997, the Children’s …

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Children are only group to lose health insurance, Census numbers …

Webdeclined for the first time in at least four years according to KFF its implementation in the long run will reduce the risk that children face periods of …

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Comparing Affordability and Benefits Between CHIP and Qualified …

WebFirst Focus worked with Wakely Consulting Group on an actuarial value analysis to assess how CHIP stacks up with the Affordable Care Act’s qualified health …

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Policy Brief: 10 Ways to Improve the Health Coverage of America’s

WebWhile much progress has been made in health care coverage for children, there is still more to do to ensure that the more than 4.3 million uninsured U.S. children …

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CHIP, Medicaid changes to benefit millions of children

WebA recent analysis by First Focus on Children and partner advocates found that paperwork and other burdens could cost nearly 7 million children — disproportionately …

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Rationing Health Care to Our Kids: Why Medicaid Block Grants are …

WebMedicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) together provide comprehensive healthcare coverage to 42.1 million children in the United States. …

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Children's Health Archives First Focus on Children

WebHealth care is key to promoting children’s physical and mental health, and their educational, financial and social outcomes as adults. First Focus on Children has …

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Creating Comprehensive and Stable Health Insurance Coverage …

WebAuthored by Sara Rosenbaum, JD, of The George Washington University Medical Center’s School of Public Health and Health Services, this report highlights the …

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The Mystery of Federal Pediatric Mental Health Funding: What We …

WebAccording to a poll conducted by Lake Research Partners in May 2022 for First Focus on Children, American voters believe — by a roughly 6-to-1 margin — that …

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Nearly 5 million children have lost health care due to “unwinding”

WebMore than 4.6 million children have lost Medicaid coverage due to the “unwinding” of health care protections put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. In …

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Fix to “family glitch” fulfills a decade of advocacy

WebFix to “family glitch” fulfills a decade of advocacy. October 11, 2022. The Biden Administration today eliminated the “family glitch” from the Affordable Care Act, a …

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FACT SHEET: School-Based Mental Health Coordinators

WebSchool-based mental health coordinators are a relatively new position intended to help identify children who need mental health services and make sure they …

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Children of Immigrants and Healthcare Coverage

WebIn recent years, Congress has focused significant attention on groundbreaking legislation to improve health care access and coverage, including …

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Fact Sheet: Medicaid — Cost-Effective Coverage that Works for Kids

WebIn 2020, Medicaid insured more than 35 million children. An additional 9 million children were enrolled in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which …

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Policy Brief Shows How Massachusetts Reform Effort Relied on CHIP

WebWASHINGTON, DC – Today, a new issue brief analyzes the health reform effort in Massachusetts, and how it built on existing coverage systems such as Medicaid …

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It's Time for Adults to Listen: Youth Mental Health Policy

WebIn July 2023, First Focus on Children held a webinar entitled, It’s Time for Adults to Listen: A Youth-Centered, Policy-Focused Discussion on the Nation’s Youth …

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Medicaid: Cost-Effective Coverage that Works for Children

WebLisa Shapiro. Medicaid provides health coverage with remarkable success to 68.7 million of our nation’s most vulnerable citizens: primarily children in very low-income …

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Fact Sheet: Impact of the President’s 2021 Budget on Health

WebOn February 10, 2020, President Trump released his Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) budget proposal to Congress. The FY21 budget request totals $4.8 trillion for the …

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Massachusetts: A Model for Success in Building on Existing Public

WebThis fact sheet summarizes an analysis of the health reform effort in Massachusetts, and how it used existing coverage systems such as Medicaid and the …

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Fact Sheet: Aid to Children During Coronavirus Outbreak

WebChild Welfare. $45 million for Title IV-B services, which can help foster parents, kinship caregivers, and residential providers respond to the outbreak. As the …

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