IMPORTANT: Look for your child’s Medicaid or CHIP renewal in the mail, complete it and mail it back immediately. They may be covered even if you’re not! Every child currently covered by Medicaid or CHIP will need to go through a renewal process within the next several months. Keep your child covered and healthy. Complete the renewal as soon as you get it in the mail! Go to Medicaid.gov/renewals to find contact information for your state Medicaid office.

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Prioritizing Childhood Mental Health: Encouraging Use of Mental and Behavioral Health Benefits Covered Under Medicaid and CHIP

May 4, 2022

Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program provide mental and behavioral health services to more than 40.1 million children up to age 19 nationwide. Speakers from CMS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of School and Adolescent Health, the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA), and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) discussed the impact of the Public Health Emergency on mental health among youth, strategies for improving access to and use of mental and behavioral health services, resources for suicide prevention, and practices to support mental health within schools. This webinar, held during Mental Health Awareness Month, also featured

Connecting Kids to Coverage National Campaign resources available on InsureKidsNow.gov.