Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Retaining Medicaid Coverage for Foster Youth

Effective January 1, 2014, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes a provision which allows all young people who were or are in foster care at age 18 to retain Medicaid coverage up to age 26.

The State Policy Advocacy and Reform Center (SPARC) has released a new brief outlining key steps child welfare stakeholders can take to ensure Medicaid coverage for these youth. SPARC has also released a new communications toolkit to facilitate outreach aimed at communicating the changes in the law to foster youth.

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