Funding changes send some adopted children back to state care

Funding changes send some adopted children back to state care

State budget cuts and a change in Medicaid coverage have saddled some families who have adopted special-needs foster children with unexpected expenses and difficult choices.

As of July 1, Medicaid no longer covers “therapeutic supervision” costs for in-patient mental health treatment. At the same time, state budget cuts reduced a supplemental subsidy fund that the Division of Child and Family Services used to help parents with such expenses.