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title: How can Tribal health, Medicaid, and child welfare partner to support traditional healing and behavioral health services?
description: This resource serves as a foundation, explaining how the Tribal health system (including IHS, Urban Indian Organizations, and Tribally operated health systems) intersects with Medicaid and child welfare. It provides potential ideas on how Tribal governments can braid and blend…
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/access-to-mental-health-services/how-can-tribal-health-medicaid-and-child-welfare-partner-to-support-traditional-healing-and-behavioral-health-services/"
updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Access to Mental Health Services
tags:
  - Audience
  - Tribes
---

# How can Tribal health, Medicaid, and child welfare partner to support traditional healing and behavioral health services?

This resource serves as a foundation, explaining how the Tribal health system (including IHS, Urban Indian Organizations, and Tribally operated health systems) intersects with Medicaid and child welfare. It provides potential ideas on how Tribal governments can braid and blend funding from multiple sources to sustain and expand behavioral health services.

[Read more](https://www.casey.org/culturally-informed-behavioral-health/)

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