How Medicaid and CHIP can support student success through schools
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Future of children's health care coverage
- Author(s):
- Padgette, Heather Clapp, author Webb, Candace, author Jordan, Phyllis, author
- Contributor(s):
- Georgetown University. Health Policy Institute. Center for Children and Families, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, April 2019
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Child Health Services Medicaid School Health Services United States State Children's Health Insurance Program (U.S.)
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Key Findings. (1) Educators are increasingly focused on the role that physical and mental well-being play in academic success. Healthy children are more likely to attend school regularly, read on grade level, and graduate from high school on time. Student mental health support is a growing priority, particularly with concerns about school climate and safety. (2) Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which cover 37 percent of school-age children, are crucial to keeping kids healthy and can help pay for school-based health services. Recent legislative and regulatory changes have opened the door for greater collaboration among schools and community-based healthcare providers. But obstacles remain in handling both the logistics and costs of expanding school-based health care. (3) Schools are among the most efficient systems to reach children and families. They can identify children without health coverage and, in some cases, enroll them. They can also influence how often children receive preventive health services by setting robust standards for student health forms and supporting families in meeting those requirements. In some cases, schools can also provide some of the required screenings.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (19 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101770658 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101770658