Maternal and Child Health Town Hall meeting, American Public Health Association annual meeting, Boston, MA.

This guide is designed for policymakers, advocates, legislators, consumers, family members, and providers – in short, for anyone interested in financing care for children and youth with special health care needs at the state level, and in particular through the Medicaid program.

This interactive chartbook provides data on carefully selected indicators of health coverage and health care financing for CYSHCN in every state plus DC and Puerto Rico.

This Catalyst Center policy brief provides information about Medicaid Buy-In Programs including what they are, how they work, how they help both families raising Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)/disabilities and the states. Learn about existing Medicaid Buy-in programs in three states. 

This Catalyst Center policy brief explains the problem of under-insurance for CYSHCN and its impact on families. 

Uninsured low-income CSHCN are less likely to have a usual source of care and are more likely to have unmet needs for routine medical and dental care than their insured counterparts. Unmet health care needs can be detrimental to any child; however, for CSHCN, who require more health-care services than…

Almost 25% of all children in the U.S. are immigrants. Immigrant children and citizen children in mixed-status families are more likely than non-immigrant children and children in families where all members are citizens to lack health insurance.

While uninsurance among children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the U.S. generally is low, several subgroups are less likely to be insured and may be at the greatest risk for adverse health effects associated with uninsurance.This fact sheet explores the issue of health inequities and CSHCN.

The Catalyst Center responds to questions from stakeholders about policies related to coverage and financing of care for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN).