Webinar: What Youth Justice Leaders Should Know About Medicaid

On Tues­day, July 29, the Annie E. Casey Foun­da­tion will host a webi­nar, What Youth Jus­tice Lead­ers Should Know About Med­ic­aid. The ses­sion will pro­vide guid­ance on using Med­ic­aid to sup­port youth — under age 21 — involved in the jus­tice sys­tem from pre­ven­tion and diver­sion through incar­cer­a­tion and reentry.

Reg­is­ter for the webinar

The webi­nar is designed for lead­ers and staff who work with youth involved in the jus­tice sys­tem, includ­ing those employed by:

• com­mu­ni­ty-based organizations;
• juve­nile jus­tice institutions;
• adult jails and pris­ons where youth may be held;
• man­aged care organizations;
• providers of med­ical and behav­ioral health ser­vices; and
• state Med­ic­aid, behav­ioral health and child wel­fare agencies.

The ses­sion will clar­i­fy how Med­ic­aid ben­e­fits con­nect across the care con­tin­u­um, including:

• the ser­vices guar­an­teed under the fed­er­al­ly man­dat­ed Ear­ly and Peri­od­ic Screen­ing, Diag­nos­tic, and Treat­ment (EPS­DT);
• the inter­sec­tion between EPS­DT and the new fed­er­al require­ments (effec­tive Jan. 1, 2025) for pro­vid­ing health care to youth re-enter­ing com­mu­ni­ties from incar­cer­a­tion; and
• strate­gies for using Med­ic­aid to lim­it and pre­vent jus­tice-sys­tem involve­ment and ensure con­ti­nu­ity of care dur­ing reentry.

“I’ve heard EPS­DT described as ​‘every pedi­a­tri­cian should do these things,’ refer­ring to the com­pre­hen­sive cov­er­age avail­able to young peo­ple on Med­ic­aid,” said Joe Rib­sam, the Foundation’s direc­tor of Child Wel­fare and Juve­nile Jus­tice Pol­i­cy. ​“Yet, too few peo­ple know the extent of the sup­port and ser­vices available.”

Rib­sam added: ​“Juris­dic­tions can real­ly take advan­tage of EPS­DT to ensure that a young person’s health care — includ­ing ser­vices to treat men­tal health and trau­ma — are pro­vid­ed through their health care deliv­ery system.”

Webi­nar Details

Time: 2–3 p.m. ET
Date: Tues­day, July 29
Pan­elists include:

• Elis­sa Gel­ber, senior pro­gram offi­cer, Cen­ter for Health Care Strate­gies;
• Ruby Goy­al-Car­keek, direc­tor of Behav­ioral Health and Child Wel­fare, Cen­ter for Health Care Strate­gies;
• Jade Kissi, pro­gram asso­ciate, Cen­ter for Health Care Strate­gies; and
• Joe Rib­sam, direc­tor, Child Wel­fare and Juve­nile Jus­tice Pol­i­cy, the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

All reg­is­trants will receive a link to the webi­nar recording.

Reg­is­ter for the webinar

LEARN ABOUT Med­ic­aid cov­er­age for youth tran­si­tion­ing out of deten­tion or incarceration