Children in Foster Care: Behavioral Health Care Use in Medicaid

Children in Foster Care: Behavioral Health Care Use in Medicaid » Center for Health Care Strategies:





Many children in the nation’s foster care system – nearly one in three – use behavioral health services. This population represents only three percent of all children in Medicaid, but 15 percent of those using behavioral health services and 29 percent of Medicaid expenditures for children’s behavioral health services.

Scoppe: Order in the court: sealed records, closed doors

Scoppe: Order in the court: sealed records, closed doors | Cindi Scoppe | The State:

OUR STATE constitution requires that South Carolina’s courts be open to the public, which also means that the work of the courts is supposed be open to the public, but until a little more than a decade ago, state judges routinely sealed settlements in lawsuits, even lawsuits involving state agencies.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2014/07/17/3568780/scoppe-order-in-the-court-sealed.html?sp=/99/132/#storylink=cpy

How to fix Florida's Child Protective Services?

Article: How to fix Florida's Child Protective Services? | OpEdNews:

Florida's Child Protective Services is an example of many government agencies that are started with the best of intentions and then spin out of control due to perverse incentives. The next thing you know, what started as a solution becomes the new problem.

Charges to be dropped against AZ mom who left kids in car

Charges to be dropped against AZ mom who left kids in car - CBS 5 - KPHO:


SCOTTSDALE, AZ (CBS5) -

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery says he'll dismiss child abuse charges against an Arizona mother accused of leaving her children in a hot car while she interviewed for a job.

How safe are our child shelter homes?

How safe are our child shelter homes? | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis:

Government data reveals that children are subjected to gross abuses in the very shelter homes that are made to protect them. There were 932 cases of abuses and violations registered in child care institutions in 2013-14, reveals data furnished by the National Commission of Protection of Child Rights. Of these, 532 cases were registered in Uttar Pradesh alone.

Trial for parents accused of beating adopted daughter continued to October

In Need of Care: Trial for parents accused of beating adopted daughter continued to October | Wichita Eagle:

A judge granted a 60-day continuance Friday for parents accused of beating their adopted daughter, keeping her in a windowless room in the basement and chaining her at times to a bed.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2014/07/18/3558115/in-need-of-care-trial-for-parents.html#storylink=cpy

Justina Pelletier Goes To D.C. To Lobby For Research Bill

Justina Pelletier Goes To D.C. To Lobby For Research Bill - Courant.com:

Justina Pelletier traveled to Washington, D.C., Wednesday to advocate for a bill named in her honor. Pelletier, 16, spent 16 months at the center of a widely publicized custody battle between her family and the State of Massachusetts. She returned to her West Hartford home on June 18.