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Resources and information about Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP), types of health services, and how to locate health services and free or low-cost health insurance in your State or local community.
Understanding the Affordable Care Act
HealthCare.gov
Describes key provisions of the law, presents a timeline of changes, and offers resources to help individuals understand how the law affects them.
Insure Kids Now!
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Links users to free and low-cost health insurance available in every State for infants, children, and teens. Includes information on eligibility, applications, coverage, and effects of immigration status. Information and assistance also available through the national toll-free hotline at 1.877.KIDS.NOW (1.877.543.7669). Also available in Spanish.
Bright Futures
A national health promotion initiative dedicated to the principle that every child deserves to be healthy and that optimal health involves a trusting relationship between the health professional, the child, the family, and the community as partners in health practice.
Child Nutrition Reauthorization 2010: Categorical Eligibility of Foster Children (PDF - 46 KB)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (2011)
Addresses issues related to the eligibility of foster children to receive free meals per Subtitle A, Section 102 of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.
GoodHealthTV®
KAT Communications
Delivers culturally relevant health education programming. The Video Library offers online access to videos that address topics such as infant to teen health, behavioral health, injury prevention, emergency preparation, and more.
Healthy Children
American Academy of Pediatrics
Presents guidance on child health and parenting issues to support the optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
Healthy Foster Care America
American Academy of Pediatrics
Addresses the health issues and needs of children and youth in foster care and provides resources on health systems of care. The website has a library of resources also related to the health and well-being of children and youth in foster care.
National Women's Health Information Center
Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Offers original health information on a variety of special topics for women as well as health tools, statistics, and resources in Spanish.
Standards of Excellence for Health Care Services for Children in Out-of-Home Care
Child Welfare League of America (Rev. ed.) (2007)
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Describes best practices for the planning, provision, and evaluation of health care services for children in out-of-home care. The standards address the needs of children for developmental, physical, dental, and mental health services and describe how child welfare workers can collaborate with health care providers to meet those needs.
Systemwide: Mental health
Systemwide: Services to children & youth with disabilities
Systemwide: Substance abuse prevention & treatment services
Management & supervision: Collaborations with health and mental health services
Management & supervision: Collaboration with substance abuse services
Out-of-home care: Physical health issues and services
Out-of-home care: Mental health issues and services in out-of-home care
Out-of-home care: Substance abuse among youth in out-of-home care
Out-of-home care: Teen pregnancy and parenting in out-of-home care
Out-of-home care: Independent living - Housing, education, and health care
Systemwide: Service array - Child welfare & IDEA Part C