resource Providing Home- and Community-Based Nutrition Services to Low-Income Older Adults: Promising Health Plan Practices State Medicaid agencies and Medicaid health plans increasingly recognize the importance of social support services, including nutritious food, as...

April 2018

resource Beyond Cost and Utilization: Rethinking Evaluation Strategies for Complex Care Programs  As organizations and policymakers across the country seek to enhance care management programs for low-income individuals with complex...

April 2018

resource Evaluating Complex Care Programs Series Across the country, innovative programs are testing new models of care for high-need, high-cost populations with complex medical, behavioral health,...

resource Improving the Appropriate Use of Psychotropic Medication for Children in Foster Care: A Resource Center Houses publications, tools, and webinars to help states that are seeking to improve the oversight and monitoring of psychotropic...

March 2018

resource Improving the Appropriate Use of Psychotropic Medication for Children in Foster Care Resource Center: Psychiatric Consultation Due to a national shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists, primary care providers often treat children’s behavioral health issues,...

resource Improving the Appropriate Use of Psychotropic Medication for Children in Foster Care Resource Center: State and Federal Guidance Many states and the federal government have produced recommendations related to appropriate use of psychotropic medication among children in...

resource Improving the Appropriate Use of Psychotropic Medication for Children in Foster Care Resource Center: Stakeholder Engagement Education and engagement are important among families, child welfare caseworkers, and providers so that they understand what psychotropic medications...

resource Improving the Appropriate Use of Psychotropic Medication for Children in Foster Care Resource Center: Agency Consent for Psychotropic Medication Use An effective consent process is necessary to ensure that children and youth in foster care are receiving appropriate treatment...

resource Improving the Use of Psychotropic Medication for Children in Foster Care: State Profiles Shares quality improvement achievements from select states that participated in CHCS' Improving the Use of Psychotropic Medication among Children...

March 2018

resource Improving the Appropriate Use of Psychotropic Medication for Children in Foster Care Resource Center: Assessment Practices To improve the appropriate use of psychotropic medications among children and youth in foster care, child welfare caseworkers and...

resource Improving the Appropriate Use of Psychotropic Medication for Children in Foster Care Resource Center: Common Measures and Outliers To improve psychotropic medication prescribing among children in foster care within a state, officials across state agencies are encouraged...

resource Improving the Use of Psychotropic Medication among Children and Youth in Foster Care: A View from the States  In recent years, the inappropriate use of psychotropic medication among children and youth in foster care — nearly...

March 2018