Medicaid Opportunities to Support Youth Leaving Incarceration

This one-hour webinar highlights new federal Medicaid legislation aimed at improving the health and well-being of young people returning to their communities from incarceration. Unmet health and well-being needs con­tribute to and are esca­lat­ed by youth incar­cer­a­tion. The leg­is­la­tion, Sec­tion 5121 of the Con­sol­i­dat­ed Appro­pri­a­tions Act of 2023, expands states’ abil­i­ty to use Med­ic­aid funds to pro­vide health and case man­age­ment ser­vices to youth pri­or to and imme­di­ate­ly after their release. All juve­nile jus­tice insti­tu­tions as well as adult jails and pris­ons where eli­gi­ble youth may be held, will be required to com­ply with this leg­is­la­tion as of Jan. 1, 2025. Viewers will gain an under­stand­ing of the oppor­tu­ni­ties cre­at­ed by the leg­is­la­tion, an appre­ci­a­tion of the urgency of cross-sys­tem col­lab­o­ra­tion and the benefits. Other resources include a five-page pol­i­cy cheat sheet and 22-page report, cre­at­ed by the Cen­ter for Health Care Strate­gies with sup­port from the Casey Foun­da­tion. The resources situate this opportunity into a broader vision for child and family well-being.

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