Children and youth involved in foster care face some of the most complex challenges in the health care system. At UnitedHealthcare Community & State, we’re committed to improving their health and well-being by not only treating symptoms, but addressing the social and environmental factors that impact their health outcomes. Our foster care clinical model is anchored in coordinated, integrated and trauma-informed care.
394k
children are currently in foster care
49%
age 5 and younger
62%
enter foster care due to neglect
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On-demand education: Child welfare and juvenile justice populations
More than 1.4 million children and youth are being served by the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. These young people have all experienced some form of trauma. There could be trauma from an event that caused them to be placed out of their family’s home and there is trauma that comes from being separated from their family and placed into the child welfare system.
In this video, UnitedHealthcare Community & State leaders discuss how Medicaid can address and improve the physical, behavioral and emotional well-being of the young people served by the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.