AMERIGROUP GEORGIA
PROGRAM DEMOGRAPHICS
Participants are Medicaid members and/or caregivers of children ages six months through four years as well as children with an autism diagnosis (ages 0 through 21). The program includes a unique care management component for those in the foster care system that enables care coordinators to track when a child’s main point of contact for care changes. These changes trigger escalations to ensure messages are being delivered to the current caregiver and all information is up-to-date in the system.
SNAPSHOT OF THE LANDSCAPE: AUTISM AND DISPARITIES
Children with autism have nearly four times higher odds of having unmet health care needs compared to children without disabilities. 1 Parents of children with autism reported a higher level of psychosocial distress and less social support than their counterparts with children with Down syndrome and the more commonly diagnosed type 1 diabetes. 2 Children with autism, specifically, are 2.4 times more likely to be in foster care than their neurotypical peers. 3 Children with autism depend fiercely on routine and familiarity, which is hard to maintain in the foster care system which lacks predictability and consistent healthcare providers.
1 Health Disparities among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Analysis of the National Survey of Children’s Health 2016 2 Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 3 SpectrumNews
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