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A new Healthy Schools Campaign report finds that Bipartisan Safer Communities Act-mandated federal guidance and targeted investments prompted states to update school Medicaid policies and brought more funding into schools.

Healthy Schools Campaign has developed new tools designed to help states and school districts assess opportunities for improvement and evaluate comprehensive school Medicaid expansion.

Healthy Schools Campaign is committed to protecting Medicaid funding that supports children’s health and well-being. Please share the resources below with your networks.

The massive budget bill H.R.1 includes significant changes to Medicaid policy that will negatively affect the health of students, families, schools and communities. Here are ways for states to reduce these harms.

With Medicaid cuts expected to reach nearly $1 trillion over the next decade, schools will have less funding and fewer resources to address a significant public health issue: chronic absenteeism.

Expanded Medicaid billing for school health services led to a $23.4 million bump in federal funding for participating Illinois school districts — money that can be used to further increase student access to healthcare.

A nationwide survey of K-12 school district leaders shows widespread concern over children’s access to school-based health services if Congress cuts Medicaid.

If you are a school district leader, administrator or staff member, we invite you to take a short survey about how Medicaid cuts could affect school health services in your district.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded 18 states up to $2.5 million each to support the implementation, enhancement and expansion of their school Medicaid program. 

Expanding billing for Medicaid-enrolled students and the school health services they receive resulted in Illinois school districts drawing down nearly $17.8 million in additional Medicaid funding, new data shows.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced it will award $50 million in state grants to help connect millions more children to essential school health services, including much-needed mental healthcare.

Two new publications track the progress states are making in expanding access to school health services and address how more states can join them.