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Nov 13, 2024 | 
ccf.georgetown.edu | Tricia Brooks |Natalie Lawson
Youth transitioning out of foster care are at both a challenging and pivotal time of their lives. Having health coverage through Medicaid provides security and stability as they make the steep climb to adulthood, often on their own. The authors of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took into account the needs of former foster youth and the fact they don’t have families to fall back on for help when they included a provision allowing former foster youth to continue their Medicaid coverage until age 26.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
ccf.georgetown.edu | Natalie Lawson
A group often overlooked in Medicaid coverage conversations is foster youth. While they are a small segment of the population, youth aging out of foster care have higher physical and mental health care needs than their peers, but often lack health insurance due to high costs.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
ccf.georgetown.edu | Natalie Lawson
As we wrote about earlier this summer, the national mental health crisis line, 988, recently celebrated its second anniversary and has received nearly 11 million contacts since June 2022. In recognition of National Suicide Prevention Month, we wanted to take some time to delve deeper into the state-level 988 data to see what it can tell us about how 988 is working in different states across the country. Here’s a summary of what we found.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
ccf.georgetown.edu | Natalie Lawson
In this final installment of our series on Medicaid and CHIP outreach, we look at community-based assistance programs and resources in each state. Personalized assistance is critical to helping individuals and families find and access support to navigate confusing processes. CCF’s state outreach snapshot found state-supported outreach assistance programs in 30 states.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
ccf.georgetown.edu | Natalie Lawson |Hannah Green
This installment of our series about our outreach snapshot tackles the most challenging aspect of our research assessing the availability of language and accessibility supports on state websites. The wide variation and often confusing steps to access language assistance tools made capturing this section of the snapshot particularly difficult.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
ccf.georgetown.edu | Natalie Lawson
We wrote about the on Say Ahhh! shortly after its launch in 2022. Two years into implementation, we’d like to revisit the crisis line to see where things stand. As a refresher, 988 was designated as the new number for the national mental health crisis hotline, replacing the previous 10-digit number, by the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
ccf.georgetown.edu | Natalie Lawson |Hannah Harris Green
Have you ever watched an instructional video about how to cut an avocado? Or how to change a car tire? Even short, explanatory videos about some of the simplest tasks can garner thousands of views from individuals looking to learn a new skill. The complexities of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are no different.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
ccf.georgetown.edu | Natalie Lawson |Hannah Green
In this series, we’ve been diving deeper into our outreach snapshot to look at more state-based examples that we find compelling. Though they may seem disparate, this installment covers some of the most quintessential outreach activities included in the research. First up: videos focused on outreach to individuals and families, such as who is eligible for benefits and helpful reminders on program basics.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
ccf.georgetown.edu | Hannah Harris Green |Natalie Lawson
It is no secret that social media is one of the most powerful tools state Medicaid and CHIP agencies can employ when attempting to reach out to eligible individuals. Over 70% of adults ages 18–64 use at least one social media site, and targeted outreach on these platforms could help spread the word about programs that these individuals might be eligible for. Beyond targeted messages, there is great potential for organic growth and cost-effective reach through engaging and informative posts.
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May 31, 2024 | 
ccf.georgetown.edu | Natalie Lawson |Hannah Green
We recently released our snapshot of state Medicaid and CHIP outreach activities, just as a number of states are in the final stages of the unwinding and getting people reconnected to coverage becomes more important than ever. While the report provides in-depth analysis into state-provided outreach resources and enrollment assistance, we are also writing a short blog series to discuss highlights from the data tables.
