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Kingsborough Community College will conduct classes at the Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center this year.

If the shortage of providers is going to change, it will require a lot of people like Cordelia Rieck, who has chosen to pursue the career her mother started 20 years ago

Medi-Cal has dropped several hundred thousand low-income children from the health insurance rolls since April 2023, according to a new report from Georgetown University. The data show a net drop in children's Medi-Cal enrollment of 200,000 kids between April and December of last year, as the state started redetermining participants' annual eligibility - which had been paused to ensure continuous coverage during the pandemic. Mayra Alvarez, president of the Children's Partnership, said another 100,000 have been dropped this year. ...

After Texas, a new report shows Florida has seen the second-largest decline in the number of children enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. Of the 4.16 million fewer children enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP nationally, Florida accounts for nearly 600,000 enrollment declines - according to a report by Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families, tracking the Medicaid unwinding since COVID-related coverage protections were lifted. Alison Yager, executive director with the Florida Health Justice Project, said it's more like a crisis has been unfolding in...

As pandemic-era protections were lifted a new report showed the number of children on Medicaid has varied widely between states, with Maryland doing better than most. The Georgetown University report said nationwide, more than 4 million fewer children were enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program at the end of last year compared to spring 2023, before the expiration of continuous coverage. The report estimated in 70% of cases, children's coverage was canceled for procedural reasons such as difficulty navigating the state's website, reaching a person via a help line, or...