Georgetown University Center for Children and Families

The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) is a nonpartisan policy and research center founded in 2005 with a mission to support access to high-quality, comprehensive and affordable health coverage for all of America’s children and families.

As part of the McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown CCF provides research, develops strategies, and offers solutions on policy development and implementation related to Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Affordable Care Act.

State allies can call on Georgetown CCF to:

Provide support on state implications of proposed or enacted changes to Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

State and national partners rely on Georgetown CCF to help analyze the impact of federal and state policy changes on young children, their families, and the systems that serve them.

Guide the development of policy that maximizes Medicaid funding health services and related supports (e.g. screenings, early intervention, infant and early childhood mental health).

By advancing new legislation or supporting state agency administrative changes, advocates can help ensure designated is available and leveraged to ensure health screenings and services are available and utilized by young children and their families.

Develop strategies to expand coverage and improve access to preventive care and follow-up services for young children and their families, including for pregnant and postpartum women.

These strategies can include support for advocates working to expand Medicaid for all adults, extend postpartum coverage under the American Rescue Plan, or boost pediatric benefits (EPSDT) for children, as well as preventing any new barriers to coverage.

On the Ground:

CCF supported advocates in Oregon in state-level Medicaid conversations by joining coalition tables as subject matter experts or advising groups one on one. Among other changes, the early childhood/Medicaid engagement helped to advance 0-6 continuous enrollment in Medicaid/CHIP, a policy opportunity that more than a dozen states have now adopted or are pursuing. CCF has worked with advocates in dozens of states seeking to pursue 0-6 CE on key messaging, cost estimates, 1115 waiver process, and strong allies for this policy change.
CCF worked with Kansas advocates for maternal and child health efforts, including the 12 month postpartum extension and subsequent efforts to advance maternal and child health through new benefits (e.g. doulas) and feedback to the state around requirements for new managed care organizations (MCOs) that contract with the state to provide Medicaid services.
CCF authored a co-branded memo with Louisiana advocates aiming to maximize impact of 12 month postpartum extension. The memo identified needed technical changes in Medicaid to ensure the greatest impact, and was shared with state officials and lawmakers.

“I never would have thought in a million years that I’d work on Medicaid policy but the CCF team made it so much less scary and actually fun!! I appreciate their willingness to get in the weeds on infant-early childhood mental health IECMH Medicaid policy. I’m so appreciative of the knowledge and energy CCF brings to this work and would not be the advocate I am without their support.”

Georgetown University Center for Children and Families

The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) is a nonpartisan policy and research center founded in 2005 with a mission to support access to high-quality, comprehensive and affordable health coverage for all of America’s children and families.

Provide support on state implications of proposed or enacted changes to Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Guide the development of policy that maximizes Medicaid funding health services and related supports (e.g. screenings, early intervention, infant and early childhood mental health).

Develop strategies to expand coverage and improve access to preventive care and follow-up services for young children and their families, including for pregnant and postpartum women.

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