Virginia Medicaid
About this resource
Medicaid is basic health insurance that is available to foster youth or former foster youth who are eligible.
What do foster children receive?
- More than 25,000 doctors and hospitals to choose from across the state
- All Medicaid benefits, plus extras they can really use at no cost
- Case management and behavioral health services
- Case management for members aging out of foster care
Who can use this resource (eligibility)?
- The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires states to provide young adults under 26 with free health care if they were in foster care at age 18 or older. This ensures that former foster youth can access the health care services they need – just like non-foster youth who can stay on their parents’ insurance plans until 26.
- Foster care children under 18 years old
- Former foster care youth who had Medicaid and foster care services in any state at the time of their 18th birthday and are currently under age 26
- Children adopted under the Adoption Assistance program