Podcasts about texans care

This week, we turn our eyes to DC for a fight that will impact this legislative session and sessions to come as Congress is considering hundreds of billions of dollars of cuts to Medicaid. These cuts would be devastating—not just to the Texans who rely on that coverage, but to our entire health care system. We welcome Peter Clark, Communications Director with Texans Care for Children, to talk to us about that and how you can get involved.  Visit the Action Center on the Texas Impact website at texasimpact.org to sign up for weekly action alerts. Find out more about the work of Texans Care for Children on their website txchildren.org  Read Bee's post on Medicaid cuts on our Substack texasimpact.substack.com/p/medicaid-cuts-let-us-stop-you-right  

Last week, Diana Forester and her colleague Alec Mendoza joined us to talk about health policy in Texas. It is such a big topic, and so much of it is driven by federal policy, that we are joined again this week by Diana to continue the conversation about how actions by Congress could impact health in Texas–and how you can help protect Texans' access to healthcare in the coming weeks. This will be our last episode before the new year, so on behalf of the entire Texas Impact team, we hope you have a meaningful holiday season and that you are able to connect with family and loved ones and find some joy and peace. When we come back, Congress will have convened, and the Texas Legislature will be preparing to come to town, so I hope everyone comes back from the holiday ready to get to work! Find out more about Texans Care for Children and their work at txchildren.org Be a part of our fall Membership Drive by donating or, better yet, becoming a member at texasimpact.org/donate  

We know the holidays are just around the corner and on behalf of the entire Texas Impact team, we hope you have a meaningful holiday season and that you are able to connect with family and loved ones and find some joy and peace. But the Texas Legislature comes to town January 14, so we hope you spend some time over the next few weeks mentally preparing for what's to come. So, soak up all of the joy and peace you can now and hopefully those good vibes continue into the next year as we work together for justice and equity in Texas.  So, to help us prepare for the Legislature coming back to town, we are joined today by Diana Forester, Director of Health Policy for Texans Care for Children and her colleague, Senior Policy Associate, Alec Mendoza. They are going to talk to us about health policy in Texas and the opportunities to make substantive progress to make life better for Texans. This is an issue that isn't getting a ton of attention in the press, but will definitely have an impact on people in our families and, for sure, our congregations and communities.   Find out more about Texans Care for Children and their work at txchildren.org   Be a part of our fall Membership Drive by donating or, better yet, becoming a member at texasimpact.org/donate  

This week we are excited to welcome Diana Forester, Director of Health Policy with Texans Care for Children. This is an important conversation this week because legislative leaders recently released their interim charges for the biennium, and it provides some opportunities to speak to the unacceptable state of health coverage in the state of Texas. Diana joins us to talk about that, the interim charges, and what Texans can do. Find out more about the work of Texan Care for Children at https://txchildren.org To receive updates about Medicaid eligibility email update@hhs.texas.gov 

This week we welcome Diana Forester, Director of Health Policy with Texans Care for Children. We are just over halfway through the 140 day legislative session, and Texas Impact has many priorities, and maternal health and Medicaid for Texas families are always important legislative priorities for Texans of faith across the state. But Diana joined us to talk about another Medicaid issue: the unwinding of COVID-era continuous coverage of Medicaid. 

In honor of Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, Mathematica's podcast, On the Evidence, explores recent research on the societal costs of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. These disorders—which can include depression, suicidal thoughts, and panic attacks—affect women and birthing people during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Although these disorders are common, they often go undiagnosed and untreated, which can negatively affect the long-term physical, emotional, and developmental health of the birthing parent and child. On this episode, Mathematica's Kara Zivin, The Commonwealth Fund's Laurie Zephyrin, and Texans Care for Children's Adriana Kohler discuss the societal costs of maternal mental health conditions and how fresh evidence on those costs informed a policy change to improve the well-being of birthing people and their children in one state. Find a full transcript of the episode here: mathematica.org/blogs/the-costs-of-untreated-maternal-mental-health-conditions Additional resources: Read the 2021 issue brief from Mathematica and the St. David's Foundation that estimated the societal costs of untreated maternal mental health conditions in Texas: https://mathematica.org/publications/untreated-maternal-mental-health-conditions-in-texas-costs-to-society-and-to-medicaid Read the 2021 issue brief from Mathematica and The Commonwealth Fund on the high costs of maternal morbidity: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2021/nov/high-costs-maternal-morbidity-need-investment-maternal-health Read the 2019 issue brief from Mathematica, the California Health Care Foundation, the ZOMA Foundation, and the Perigee Fund on the societal costs of untreated perinatal mood and anxiety disorders in the United States: https://mathematica.org/publications/societal-costs-of-untreated-perinatal-mood-and-anxiety-disorders-in-the-united-states State-level estimates, which Mathematica produced as part of the same research, are also available: California: https://mathematica.org/publications/societal-costs-of-untreated-perinatal-mood-and-anxiety-disorders-in-california Colorado: https://mathematica.org/publications/societal-costs-of-untreated-perinatal-mood-and-anxiety-disorders-in-colorado Washington State: https://mathematica.org/publications/societal-costs-of-untreated-perinatal-mood-and-anxiety-disorders-in-washington Read an op-ed in STAT by Zivin, Zephyrin, and Mathematica's So O'Neil about the toll of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth: https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/23/staggering-toll-pregnancy-childbirth-related-complications/ Read an op-ed in STAT by Zivin about how her personal experience with suicidal thoughts during pregnancy drove her to conduct research on access to health care for women with mental health and substance use conditions during pregnancy and postpartum: https://www.statnews.com/2021/03/11/meghan-markle-gave-voice-to-the-despair-i-once-felt-during-pregnancy/

On this week's podcast we talk about the new push for federal oversight of the “troubled teen industry,” and what might be different this time around; the first kinship support program approved for new federal funding nationwide; and a local court case over ICWA that involves high-powered attorneys. Kate Murphy of Texans Care for Children joins us to break down a very eventful year in child welfare legislation and policy shifts in the Lone Star State, including the state's plans around the Family First Act, a controversial change to its definition of neglect, legal protection for parents, and how mental health has been a major driver of the state's continuing crisis on placements for older foster youth. Reading RoomAmerica's ‘Troubled Teen Industry' Needs Reform So Kids Can Avoid the Abuse I Enduredhttps://wapo.st/3maybGILawmakers Issue Warning to Troubled Teen Industry: Congress Will Acthttps://bit.ly/3vz6VomBehavior Modification: Abuse Allegedhttps://bit.ly/3BmT8mdWashington Targets Behavior Modification Programshttps://bit.ly/2ZuqKRUResidential Programs: Selected Cases of Death, Abuse, and Deceptive Marketinghttps://bit.ly/2ZjWhWdFirst Kinship Support Model Gains Approval by Family First Clearinghousehttps://bit.ly/3vtZZslState of Missouri and Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma vs. Honorable Scott S. Siffermanhttps://bit.ly/3vEmV8FTexas Bills Aim to Boost Rights for Parents Accused of Mistreating Kidshttps://bit.ly/3wje633

Have you heard of the following bills that just passed the Texas House: HB 290 by Rep. Philip Cortez, to support healthy kids, and HB 133 by Rep. Toni Rose, to support healthy moms? HB 290 would reduce the number of kids who are mistakenly removed from their Medicaid health insurance due to inaccurate eligibility reviews that occur just a few months after kids are confirmed to be eligible. HB 133 would allow moms to keep their Medicaid health insurance for 12 months after childbirth, not just two months. Hosts Eddie McBride and Kyle Jacobson sit down with Adriana D. Kohler, Policy Director, and Katie Mitten, Health Policy Associate both of Texans Care for Children to learn more about the bills and why they are important to both the health of the family and the business community. Take action and show your support to get the bills passed by the Texas Senate here: https://txchildren.org/action-center

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According to a report from Texans Care for Children, DFPS data from 2017 indicate that parental substance use is a contributing factor in 68 percent of child removals in Texas. On this episode of CASA on the Go, the Honorable Aurora Martinez Jones shares her expertise on trauma-informed advocacy strategies for working with families impacted by substance use disorder. Judge Martinez Jones leads the Travis County Family Drug Treatment Court, a specialty court that uses an empowerment-based, non-adversarial approach to working with parents involved with the child welfare system who are struggling with substance use disorder. Tune in and learn more about what CASA advocates can do to effectively support children and families in healing from substance abuse.Support the show (https://connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/e6f472cd-782b-4269-ab7c-d618cc849c8d)

According to a Texans Care for Children report citing data from 2015, teen girls in Texas foster care were almost five times more likely to become pregnant than their non-foster care peers. In this episode of CASA on the Go we're thrilled to host Kate Murphy, Senior Child Welfare Policy Associate with Texans Care for Children, sharing her expertise on the complex issues around teen pregnancy prevention for youth in foster care. Learn what CASA advocates can do to connect youth with education about healthy relationship dynamics, support the prevention of unplanned teen pregnancies and successfully advocate for the unique needs of pregnant and parenting youth in care. Other resources mentioned in this episode include sample scripts for talking with youth from When You Decide: A Judge's Guide to Pregnancy Prevention Among Foster Youth, loveisrespect and Jane's Due Process. Support the show (https://connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/e6f472cd-782b-4269-ab7c-d618cc849c8d)

May is Children’s Mental Health Month. For children to thrive and be healthy, it’s important to provide supports for every aspect of child development—to nurture their environments and relationships as much as the children themselves. Maternal mental health has emerged as an important area of forward-thinking policy and person-centered practice that positively impacts children. On this episode Kaitlyn Doerge of Texas Pediatric Society and Adriana Kohler of Texans Care for Children provide valuable insight on the scope of the challenge and what it means for Texas children. Related links: The “Double Stigma” Faced by Adolescent Mothers with Depression http://hogg.utexas.edu/double-stigma-faced-adolescent-mothers-depression Postpartum Depression and Women’s Mental Health Literacy http://hogg.utexas.edu/wallace-award-winner-postpartum-depression-and-womens-mental-health-literacy Alone No More: How Texas Policymakers How Texas Policymakers Can Support Mothers with Perinatal Depression https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5728d34462cd94b84dc567ed/t/5a26fea6e4966b4e248d8d9b/1512505003628/Perinatal-Report-2017.pdf

The policy community has increasingly galvanized around the need to do something about Texas’s poor performance on maternal health. However, that has not been matched by a consensus about the appropriate policy path forward. This podcast includes some of Texas’s most prominent stakeholders in the policy deliberations on improving maternal health. Amy Young, MD: Chair, Women's Health Dept., Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin Amanda Adkins: Vice President, Population Health, Cerner Adriana Kohler: Senior Health Policy Associate, Texans Care for Children

Children in the foster care system present some unique challenges for caregivers and service providers. Their needs are many and complex, and can overwhelm family members and caregivers. The Harris County Protective Services (HCPS)Integrated Health Care Clinic provides a model of how to effectively meet both the physical and behavioral health needs of this population, while also plugging in caregivers to the daunting array of services that are out there. Jacqueline McMillon of HCPS talks about how they make it all happen. In the second segment, Kate Murphy of Texans Care for Children provides an update from the recent Texas legislative session, and what it all means for the child welfare system.