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News | November 9, 2021 

Top Headlines 


States Take Action on Vaccine Mandates in Schools
States Invest in Telehealth, Technology, Data Infrastructure
Health Equity for Children of Color with Special Health Care Needs
Supporting Financial and Workplace Security for Family Caregivers

States Take Action on Vaccine Mandates in Schools 

Back to school: As students readjust to in-person learning in many schools this fall, states are implementing policies to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks among youth.

Our new blog covers the latest in state vaccine mandates for schools — including which states have banned vaccine mandates — as well as challenges to state actions.

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States Use Rescue Plan Funds to Invest in Telehealth, Technology, and Infrastructure 

New map: States are using one-time funds available through the American Rescue Plan Act to support telehealth service delivery, technology-based innovations, and data infrastructure.

The impact: These investments will help states address longstanding technological challenges with Medicaid home and community-based services.

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Promoting Health Equity for Children of Color with Special Health Care Needs

The context: State Title V and Medicaid programs both support access to services for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). States are also advancing health equity goals to address disparate outcomes experienced by people of color.

What this means for states: With evidence of health inequities laid bare by the pandemic, states are continuing to unite these efforts and improve care for CYSHCN of color.

This mini brief, developed by NASHP in partnership with the Catalyst Center at Boston University, describes key areas where states are strengthening health equity for CYSHCN, including:
• Initiatives in family partnership
• Medicaid managed care (MMC) programs
• Quality measurement and performance reporting
• Cross-sector partnerships

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Supporting Financial and Workplace Security for Family Caregivers

November is National Family Caregivers Month — and we're celebrating by releasing a new section of our State Policy Roadmap for Family Caregivers,

Financial and Workplace Security for Family Caregivers highlights how states are supporting employed family caregivers and promoting financial security among caregivers.

About the roadmap: This series offers practical resources on innovative and emerging state policy strategies, using the RAISE Act goals and Advisory Council recommendations as a framework.

This series is supported by The John A. Hartford Foundation and RRF Foundation for Aging.

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Featured Webinar

Children and COVID-19: Strategies and Partnerships for Vaccination

Wednesday, November 17, 4:30-5:30 pm ET

COVID-19 vaccination is critical to keeping children, schools, and communities safe. With the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine now available to children ages 5 to 11, state officials, pediatric providers, schools, community clinics, and other immunization partners are working to build vaccine confidence, engage communities, and ensure that vaccines are available in places that are safe, convenient, and trusted.

Join the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and NASHP for a discussion on how immunization partners are working together to address challenges and promote equitable vaccination access for children in a variety of settings.

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Resource of the Month

A Case Study of California's ACEs Aware Initiative

This month, we’re featuring A Case Study of California’s ACEs Aware Initiative.

The ACEs Aware initiative:

  • Provides education, training, and clinical protocols for providers in the state’s Medicaid program (Medi-Cal) on screenings for adverse childhood events, or ACEs
  • Covers the cost of screenings and related services under Medi-Cal

You can explore other state resources and learn more about California’s initiative in NASHP’s Healthy Child Development State Resource Center. Have a resource you’d like us to highlight? Email Elinor Higgins.

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Careers

NASHP
Policy Associate — Chronic and Vulnerable Populations Team

Project Director — Population and Public Health Team

Research Analyst — Population and Public Health Team

Webinars

Children and COVID-19: Strategies and Partnerships for Vaccination
— Wednesday, November 17, 4:30-5:30 ET

State-Only Webinar: State Strategies for Insulin Affordability & Access 
— Thursday, December 2, 2021, 2-3 pm ET

State Tracking

Costs
State Legislative Action to Lower Pharmaceutical Costs

State Drug Pricing Laws: 2017-2021

State Legislative Action to Lower Health System Costs

COVID-19
Back-to-School Mask and Vaccine Tracker

Vaccine Mandates Legislative Tracker

COVID-19 Federal Funding Earmarked for Hospitals, Providers, and States

States' COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declarations, Mask Requirements and Travel Advisories

State Approaches to Contact Tracing during the COVID-19 Pandemic

How States Collect, Report, and Act on COVID-19 Race and Ethnicity Data

States Use Appendix K Waivers to Support Home- and Community-Based Services in Response to COVID-19

State Medicaid and CHIP Strategies to Protect Coverage during COVID-19 

Coverage
States’ Efforts to Extend Medicaid Coverage to Postpartum Women

State Actions that Support and Expand Palliative Care

Where States Stand on Exchanges

Thank you to our Strategic Partners

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