States' Use of Medicaid Waivers for Children with Behavioral Health Needs is Associated with Lower Rates of Voluntary Child Welfare Placements.

For many children with significant behavioral health needs, the inability to obtain funding for adequate behavioral health care through private means results in parents "voluntarily" placing their child in the state's child welfare system. This study investigated the association between states' use...

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Publicado en:	Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal Vol. 42; no. 6; pp. 783 - 799
Autores principales:	Graaf, Genevieve, Zhang, Liwei, Simmel, Cassandra
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Springer Nature Dec2025
Materias:	Child welfare Health services accessibility Mental health Mental health services Health policy State governments Foster home care Medicaid Children Multiple regression analysis Scientific observation Chi-squared test Medical needs assessment Data analysis software
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