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December 23, 2025
Foster Youth Access to Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services: A Review of Data in California and Los Angeles County
Abigail Coursolle, Alexis Robles-Fradet, and Carly Myers Issue Brief
Children and youth involved in child welfare often have complex mental health needs, due in part to their compounding experiences with trauma and often inadequate access to appropriate services. In California, the State’s Medicaid program (Medi-Cal) provides a critical safety net for foster children and youth. In Medi-Cal, County…
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December 22, 2025
An Advocate’s Guide to Medi-Cal Services
Fabiola De Liban, Amy Chen, Abigail Coursolle, Alicia Emanuel, Héctor Hernández-Delgado, T. Nancy Lam, Kimberly Lewis, Carly Myers, Alexis Robles-Fradet, Skyler Rosellini, Jasmine Young, and Elizabeth Zirker Guide
NHeLP’s Medi-Cal Services Guide provides an in-depth description of some of the most important services covered in the Medi-Cal program, including prescription drug services, mental health and substance use disorder services, reproductive and sexual health services, gender-affirming services, among others. The guide seeks to help legal aid attorneys, health…
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November 13, 2025
Upcoming Medi-Cal Cuts Don’t Apply to Immigrant Foster Youth, Nonminor Dependents, and Former Foster Youth
Carly Myers Fact Sheet
Over the next two years, Medi-Cal eligibility and services will be substantially cut back for immigrant communities. This Factsheet from the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) and Children's Law Center of California (CLC) details how foster youth, nonminor dependents, and former foster youth up to age 26 are EXEMPT…
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June 5, 2025
The Top 10 Reasons Why House Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill Will Devastate Maternal and Child Health
Madeline Morcelle
This article discusses the GOP reconciliation package, officially called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and its implications for Medicaid and health care access. Among high-income countries, the U.S. is the most dangerous place to give birth. Children continue to face unacceptable financial and geographic health care barriers. The…
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May 13, 2025
Gender Justice Coalition Letter to Congress: Medicaid Cuts Endanger Maternal and Child Health
Amani Echols, Rolonda Donelson, and Madeline Morcelle Letter
The National Coalition for Gender Justice in Health Policy sent a second letter to the 119th Congress opposing Medicaid cuts, such as per capita caps, work requirements, Federal Medical Assistance Percentage cuts, provider tax restrictions, eligibility verifications, rule repeals, further immigrant eligibility restrictions, retroactive coverage, restrictions on transgender care…
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April 23, 2025
California Children’s Services Due Process Toolkit
Alicia Emanuel, Anuja Kumaria, Anna Leach-Proffer, Sydney Louie, Alexis Robles-Fradet, and Skyler Rosellini Toolkit
California Children's Services (CCS) is a state program for children and youth with special health care needs. CCS can be a complex program to understand because the rules often depend on how the beneficiary gets CCS services and the county that the CCS beneficiary lives in. This CCS due…
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Foster Youth Access to Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services: A Review of Data in California and Los Angeles County

An Advocate’s Guide to Medi-Cal Services

Upcoming Medi-Cal Cuts Don’t Apply to Immigrant Foster Youth, Nonminor Dependents, and Former Foster Youth

The Top 10 Reasons Why House Republicans’ Reconciliation Bill Will Devastate Maternal and Child Health

Gender Justice Coalition Letter to Congress: Medicaid Cuts Endanger Maternal and Child Health

California Children’s Services Due Process Toolkit