Maryland – Maryland lawmakers, including Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), David Trone (MD-06), and Glenn Ivey (MD-04), have announced that $2.5 million in funding from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will be allocated to enhance school-based health services for children in Maryland.
Through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), federal funding has been made available to improve facilities, attract healthcare providers, and establish systems to expand school-based healthcare services for students.
In underserved communities, school-based health care provides a convenient and trusted setting for children and adolescents to access critical primary, preventive, mental, and behavioral health care. The positive impacts of this approach have been demonstrated to improve both the health and academic outcomes of students.
Lawmakers emphasized that investing in the health and wellbeing of children is crucial for securing a better future. “Team Maryland has been dedicated to enhancing health benefits for children, especially through Medicaid and CHIP, and this federal funding will support our ongoing efforts,” they stated.