Reports & Policy Briefs Archive

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This brief discusses opportunities for states and school districts to direct Medicaid reimbursement funds back into school health services and supports and shows how some states have approached this issue.

Learn what’s at stake if Congress cuts Medicaid and how to support Medicaid and its role in advancing student health.

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. This report includes the survey findings, analysis and detailed comments from respondents.

These state policy actions align with school Medicaid guidance published in 2023. Each action is explained in detail and supported by federal guidance and other resources.

This updated brief includes data from Illinois and New Mexico, two of the latest states to have expanded their school Medicaid programs and that are now receiving increased federal funding.

This fact sheet highlights how maximizing school Medicaid can benefit and sustain both school-employed providers and community-based providers who deliver services to students in school settings.

This fact sheet explains how expanding school Medicaid can sustain and increase school health investments needed to reduce chronic absenteeism, particularly as schools face declining resources for mental health services.

This report offers an in-depth look at how states can shape their school Medicaid program to increase reimbursement for substance use services and supports.

To better understand the role of Medicaid managed care in school health programs, Healthy Schools Campaign launched a project with Aurrera Health Group to explore how four states have/are actively working to carve school health services into Medicaid managed care.

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