Webinar: School-Based Medicaid 101

Description

In this session (1 hour Live Webinar, Synchronous Distance Learning) you will learn how school-based Medicaid can be used to fund mental health services. We will cover current differences between states, potential opportunities for additional impact and how to talk to your school leadership about school-based Medicaid.  

Learning Objectives:

1. Participants will identify and understand the basics about school-based Medicaid 
2. Participants will distinguish the differences between states in the school-based Medicaid program 
3. Participants will recognize ways to speak with school leadership about school-based Medicaid with provided tools and resources  

Speaker:  

Sarah Broome, BA Political Science and Human Services, Founder and Executive Director Thrive Academy, Medicaid Consultant LDOE (she/her)  

In 2011, Sarah Broome founded and ran one of Louisiana's most innovative schools - a residential program for high needs students. In the following years, she focused on growing the schools wrap around supports - specifically mental health supports. Through that process, she learned to use the complex school-based Medicaid program to provide sustainable funding for these services. Now, working with Inseparable, she spends her time helping states and schools use Medicaid to effectively fund school support services.

Connection to the National Practice Model 2.0: Policy

Content Level: Beginning

Target Audience: School Social Workers

Refund policy: No refunds will be given if you are unable to attend the live webinar.

School Social Work Association of America, 1789, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. School Social Work Association of America maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 7/27/2023-7/27/2026. Social workers completing this course receive 1 CE continuing education credit. Certificates will be emailed to participants upon successful completion of the webinar and completion of the course evaluation. Participants must stay the entire length of the webinar and complete the evaluation to receive credit. No assignments will be required for this course. System Requirements-- Participants must have a computer and audio to participate in the webinar. Attending by phone is strongly discouraged and may result in not receiving CEs. Accessibility Accommodations are offered upon request, please reach out to PDlearning@sswaa.org . For questions or concerns please contact Capella Hauer at contactus@sswaa.org or Dr. JR Bullard-Batiste at PDlearning@sswaa.org