Access to care

CalAIM Behavioral Health Services for Systems-Involved Youth

Through California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM), the Department of Health Care Services is reforming...

Categories: Access to care, Access to care/EPSDT, Child Welfare, Health, Inmate Exclusion, Juvenile Justice, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Mental Health, Public Benefits/Funding, Specific Services, Specific services/programs, Specific services/programs

Medi-Cal Due Process for Mental Health Services

This set of resources provides an overview of Medi-Cal beneficiaries' due process rights for accessing...

Categories: Access to care, Access to care/EPSDT, Grievances/appeals, Health, Legal Representation, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Mental Health, Public Benefits/Funding

Advocacy Tool: Reproductive Health Care Access for Young People with Experience in Foster Care

This advocacy tool and worksheet was developed to help state advocates navigate the current state...

Categories: Access to care, Child Welfare, Foster care, Health, Medicaid/Medi-Cal

Trainings and Workshops from Youth Law Center’s Transition-Aged Youth (TAY) Civil Legal Practice Exchange (Fall 2020 &...

Youth Law Center’s TAY Practice Exchange is a free practice support network for civil legal...

Categories: AB 12, AB 12, Access to care, Aging Out/Transition, Child Welfare, Education, Equity Issues, Foster care, Foster Care Benefits, Girls, Health, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, LGBTQ, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Mental Health, Mental health needs, Public Benefits/Funding, Specific services/programs, SSI/Social Security

Information and Resources to Support Reproductive Health Access for Young People with Experience in Foster Care

This fact sheet provides resources to help advocates support young people in foster care navigate...

Categories: Access to care, Child Welfare, Foster care, Health

SUPPORT Act Implementation Resource

This resource alert provides an update related to older foster youth access to Medicaid. The...

Categories: Access to care, Child Welfare, Foster care, Health, Medicaid/Medi-Cal, Public Benefits/Funding

Youth Returning to the Community from Juvenile Justice Facilities: A Guide for Advocates

No child should remain in custody due to the lack of a reentry plan. Now...

Categories: Access to care, Aging Out/Transition, Detention, Disposition/placement, Education, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Health, Independent Living/Transition, Juvenile Justice, Mental Health, Placement/Confinement, Public Benefits/Funding, Reducing Incarceration, Secure Juvenile Facilities

AB 1849 – Request for Signature

Letter to Governor Brown requesting signature on AB 1849, a bill intended to reduce barriers...

Categories: Access to care, Access to care/EPSDT, Transitional Medicaid

Letter from Jennifer Rodriguez to Commissioner Sanders

Letter from Jennifer Rodriguez to Commissioner Sanders appearing as an appendix to final report of...

Categories: Access to care, Babies/young children, Early childhood, Foster care, Foster parents, Health care needs, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Specific services/programs

Fact Sheet: Within Our Reach: A National Strategy to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

Key Findings and Recommendations of the report: Within Our Reach: A National Strategy to Eliminate...

Categories: Access to care, Babies/young children, Early childhood, Foster care, Foster parents, Health care needs, Mental health needs, Specific services/programs, Specific services/programs

Within Our Reach: A National Strategy to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

Final report by the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities.

Categories: Access to care, Babies/young children, Early childhood, Foster care, Foster parents, Health care needs, Specific services/programs

Within Our Reach: A National Strategy to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

Final report by the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities.

Categories: Access to care, Babies/young children, Early childhood, Foster care, Foster parents, Health care needs, Specific services/programs

Letter Supporting Bicameral Therapeutic Foster Care Bills

This letter supports passage of S. 1992 and H.R. 4016, bipartisan, bicameral bills, also known...

Categories: Access to care

Marquez v. California Department of Health Petition

Marquez v California Department of Health, challenges California Medi-Cal policies that deny necessary medical care...

Categories: Access to care

SB 114 Fact Sheet

SB 114 will simplified the process for former foster youth to maintain their Medi-Cal eligibility.

Categories: Access to care

Creating California’s “No Wrong Door” for Health Coverage: Recommendations from Consumer Advocates

In an effort to ensure that children receive the health care they need, the Youth...

Categories: Access to care

Improving Access to Medi-Cal for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System

This is the final report for a multi-year effort, funded by The California Endowment, to...

Categories: Access to care, Mental health needs

January 12, 2010, Letter to Nancy Pelosi Re: Suspending Rather than Terminating Medicaid

YLC has signed on with other state and national organizations to urge House Speaker Nancy...

Categories: Access to care, Access to care/EPSDT, Inmate Exclusion, Mental health needs