Resource of the Month: The Medicaid Extension for Young Adults

The Medicaid Extension for Young AdultsThe Medicaid Extension for Young Adults (MEYA) provides continued Medicaid coverage for adolescents that meet the following requirements: • was living in a DYFS-paid placement on his or her 18th birthday and • meets Medicaid eligibility requirements except for income

The no-cost coverage is available regardless of income until the adolescent's 21st birthday. Workers and young people can find out more information about this program by calling: The

Medicaid Extension ‘Warm Line' 1-888-235-4766
A youth who is not eligible for MEYA may still be Medicaid eligible under other programs, such as SAIP or FamilyCare. For more information contact the young person's local welfare office.

2009 Conference: Working Together to Create Child and Family Focused Systems

CALL FOR PAPERS

There is a conference on Friday, March 6, 2009 at the East Brunswick Hilton on Rt 18 in East Brunswick, NJ.

The topics of "Adolescents Aging Out of Foster Care" "Cultural Competency"

The workshops are going to be one and a half hours long and the audience will be lawyers, juvenile justice professionals, medicine, mental health, child protection, prevention, and domestic violence workers.

For More information, please send me an e-mail at smines@ssw.rutgers.edu for the specifics and abstract submission page.