Most children in the US spend a significant portion of their week – and young lives – in schools. For…
Kids’ Mental Health at School: A Prevention Opportunity for Medicaid and Child Welfare
Expertise: Child and Family Well-being
Leading the Nation’s Child Welfare System: A Conversation with Children’s Bureau Associate Commissioner, Dr. Ryan Hanlon
Coffee with a Colleague: Advancing Child & Family Well-Being Through Cross-System Collaboration
“Children and families are the greatest utilizers of Medicaid services, and if we want better outcomes, we have to solve…
Coffee with a Colleague: Child and Family Well-Being and Medicaid Waivers
In this episode of Coffee with a Colleague, Managing Director Katie Renner Olse sits down with Director Julie Cannariato…
Coffee with a Colleague: Child and Family Well-Being and Value-Based Care
As child welfare systems move further toward systems of value-based care, value-based contracting, or performance-based contracting, it is well worth taking…
Honoring National Adoption Month
Raising awareness to support children in foster care and families brought together through adoption November is National Adoption Month, and…
Reimagining Child Welfare: The Transformative Role of Technology
Calling the child welfare system a system is a misnomer; it is in fact a combination of many—from state and…
Sellers Dorsey Welcomes New Associate Director, Sasha Rasco
Sellers Dorsey is excited to announce that Sasha Rasco, former Texas Chief Prevention and Community Well-Being Office and Texas Associate…
Coffee with a Colleague: Care Coordination & Supporting the Complex Healthcare needs of Children and Families
Whether they are called care coordinators, service coordinators, case managers, or advocates, they are the unsung heroes of child…
Supporting Kinship Care with TCARE
Kinship care, the placement of children with relatives such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, or close family friends, plays a vital…
Summaries of Enacted State Budgets FY2026
In this comprehensive overview, we lead you through each state’s enacted budget for the year, their Medicaid spending plans, and program changes for FY2026. See where states are looking to allocate funds to best address their most mission-critical challenges and align with the needs of their communities.
The Overlooked Challenges of Kinship Care and How States Can Respond
September marks Kinship Care Month, a time to honor relatives and family friends who step forward when children cannot safely…