COVID-19 Modifications in Public Home- and Community-Based Services for Children with Mental Health Needs.

ABSTRACT: Eleven states offer 1915(c) Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid waivers to organize and fund programs that provide in-home and community support services to address the unique needs of children and youth with complex mental health concerns and their families. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic-imposed restrictions on community movement and school engagement were enacted, these children and youth lost in-person access to needed supports through school-based programs and professional community providers. The well documented mental health impacts of the pandemic on children and youth necessitates understanding how behavioral health programs and policies were adapted to the constraints of pandemic life for this uniquely at-risk population. This study examines and characterizes tre

SUBMITTER: Canizares M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10962056 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature