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Federal suit: Fragmented care system harms Louisiana children and families
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32133
Subject(s) - medicaid , agency (philosophy) , mental health , economic justice , juvenile , state (computer science) , foster care , criminology , political science , business , health care , environmental health , medicine , law , psychiatry , psychology , sociology , social science , algorithm , biology , computer science , genetics
Louisiana's state agency overseeing Medicaid services is being sued in federal court for a lack of intensive home‐ and community‐based mental health services for children, leaving parents of children in crisis with limited options that often trigger hospitalization far from home or juvenile justice involvement.