Ensuring Health Care Access for Youth in the Child Welfare System

Mathematica and UConn’s Innovations Institute partner to advance policymakers’ understanding of how Medicaid and child welfare agencies ensure youth in the child welfare system receive access to health care

The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) has awarded a 10-month contract to Mathematica to help the commission better understand the role and responsibilities of state Medicaid and child welfare agencies in meeting the health care needs of children and youth served by the child welfare system. Mathematica has partnered with the University of Connecticut School of Social Work’s Innovations Institute to shed light on the current state-specific child welfare landscape.

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For more information, contact: Michelle Boardman at michelle.boardman@uconn.edu