The State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a joint federal-state program established to provide coverage to uninsured children in families whose incomes are too high to qualify for Medicaid. In fiscal year (FY) 2017, 9.5 million children received CHIP-funded coverage. Spending in states and territories for FY 2017 totaled $17.5 billion ($16.3 billion federal, $1.2 billion state). Under current law, CHIP allotments are provided through FY 2027. Learn more about CHIP and MACPAC's analysis of its future.
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Medicaid Coverage of Qualified Residential Treatment Programs for Children in Foster Care
Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) often cover physical and behavioral health services for children in foster care living in group homes and institutional settings, commonly referred to as congregate care. The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) made significant reforms to the child welfare system, including placing restrictions on the use […]
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Access in Brief: Behavioral Health Services for Youth in Foster Care
Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) play an important role in the treatment of mental illness and substance use disorder (SUD) in children and adolescents, including those in foster care. Relative to their peers in the general population, children and youth in foster care are more likely to experience behavioral health conditions; […]
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State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Fact Sheet
CHIP is a joint federal-state program that provides health coverage to low-income, uninsured children with family incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid. In fiscal year (FY) 2016, CHIP covered 8.9 million children. In FY 2016, CHIP spending totaled $15.6 billion, 92.5 percent paid by the federal government and 7.5 percent by the states and […]
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