This Children’s Bureau / Child Welfare Information Gateway Issue Brief provides a summary of Medicaid and other health-care coverage options for youth currently or formerly in the foster care system.

Healthy Foster Care America (HFCA) is an initiative of the American Academy of Pediatrics and its partners to improve the health and well-being outcomes of children and teens in foster care.

This report looks at Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment in the states, from Children's Defense Fund (2001).

Tipsheet sharing advice about how caregivers can talk to children about their parents' absence.

Chart summarizing court cases related to hidden foster care and kinship diversion. Last updated February 2025.