California Child Welfare Reforms Highlight Cross-System Coordination Needs for Medicaid MCOs

California's decade of child welfare reforms—including priority placement with families over institutions and expanded kinship care support—requires coordination across healthcare, education, and social services systems. For Medicaid managed care organizations, these shifts affect care for foster children and families receiving behavioral health services, though the piece focuses primarily on child welfare policy rather than Medicaid program specifics. The discussion of trauma-informed care, social determinants, and post-system support touches on areas where MCOs interface with child welfare agencies.

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