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The Economic Value of Social Work in Health Equity
The U.S. healthcare system faces a critical challenge: how to improve outcomes, contain costs, and address long-standing inequities. Social workers are uniquely positioned to meet this moment. Trained to integrate the social, psychological, and structural dimensions of care, they are often embedded across healthcare settings—providing essential services to individuals…
Colors of Kindness Program Evaluation
Adapted from a previous iteration, CoK is specifically tailored to meet the developmental needs of displaced children experiencing heightened vulnerability due to trauma before, during, and after migration. The program delivers 45-minute, play-based sessions in mobile classrooms—buses converted into vibrant preschool environments—which travel to 10 shelter sites in…
SURE Housing Initiative
SURE Housing initiative is implementing and evaluating housing-related interventions for HIV positive people, including youth and young adults (aged 18-24), people involved in the legal system, and people who identify as LGBTQ+. The four-year project, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau, funds 10 Ryan…
Support for Activity-Based Costing
Our team led the first comprehensive analysis of activity-based costing and management (ABC/M) data from Uganda and Tanzania, providing critical insights into how HIV services are delivered and resourced. We analyzed five key HIV services—antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV testing and counseling, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), voluntary medical male…
Catalyst Center COVID-19 Resource Series: What Options for Ensuring Access and Coverage Do State Medicaid/CHIP Programs Have in a Public Health Emergency? Section 1135 Waiver Flexibilities
The public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has real implications for state Title V programs as well as families raising children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). These fact sheets address a variety of relevant topics, such as Medicaid and CHIP programs and the CARES Act.
Catalyst Center COVID-19 Resource Series: What Options for Ensuring Access and Coverage Do Separate CHIP Programs Have in a Public Health Emergency?
The public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has real implications for state Title V programs as well as families raising children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). These fact sheets address a variety of relevant topics, such as Medicaid and CHIP programs and the CARES Act.
Catalyst Center COVID-19 Resource Series: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and Health Coverage (Full Series)
The public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has real implications for state Title V programs as well as families raising children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). These fact sheets address a variety of relevant topics, such as Medicaid and CHIP programs and the CARES Act.
Catalyst Center COVID-19 Resource Series: Can Medicaid/CHIP Enrollees Lose Coverage During the Public Health Emergency? Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) Increase and Maintenance of Effort Requirements Under the CARES Act
The public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has real implications for state Title V programs as well as families raising children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). These fact sheets address a variety of relevant topics, such as Medicaid and CHIP programs and the CARES Act.
Catalyst Center COVID-19 Resource Series: What COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing and Preventative Care Coverage Is Included in the CARES Act?
The public health emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has real implications for state Title V programs as well as families raising children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). These fact sheets address a variety of relevant topics, such as Medicaid and CHIP programs and the CARES Act.