Illinois is set to receive $760 million over the next 18 years after winning a lawsuit against major pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opioid epidemic. Law enforcement officials want part of the money to go to early childhood programs.
A new report found Florida kids in the Children s Health Insurance Program could be at most risk of losing health coverage when the official public-health emergency for COVID-19 expires. Researchers at the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families warned millions of children could lose coverage as soon as April, when states will have to recheck eligibility for everyone enrolled in Medicaid, including kids. Joan Alker, executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and Research Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy, said the decisions to make CHIP a separate program from Medicaid, and to require families to contribute to the cost, increase the challenges to keeping kids enrolled. .
The needs of Nevada s babies and toddlers and their parents will be front and center tomorrow at the 2022 Winter Policy Summit run by the Children s Advocacy Alliance. The virtual event runs from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. .