Many states are working to strengthen supports for infants’ and young children’s mental health. A series of 50-state policy surveys have been conducted in recent years to examine states’ use of Medicaid as a key source of funding for early childhood mental health (ECMH) services. Each brief presents the results of a 50-state survey that gathered information from state administrators about Medicaid coverage and related policies concerning some of the following services for children from birth to age 6:
- Child social-emotional screening
- Parent depression screening in pediatric and family medicine settings
- Using the DC:0-5 or DC:0-3R diagnostic classification system
- Child-Specific Infant-Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
- Parent-Child Dyadic Treatment
- IECMH-focused Group Parenting Programs
Contact
For more information about the Medicaid surveys, please contact:
Sheila Smith, PhD
sheila.smith@nccp.org