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Foster care payments now required for approved temporary kinship placements in KY, MI, OH, and TN
On October 10, 2017, the Supreme Court denied a petition to hear a child welfare case about kinship placements decided in January 2017 in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Circuit Court ruled on January 27, 2017, that kinship foster families are entitled to the same foster care maintenance pay...
/news-perspectives/foster-care-payments-now-required-for-approved-temporary-kinship-placements-in-ky-mi-oh-and-tn/CBO releases report on bipartisan ACA stabilization plan
On October 25, 2017, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on the Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017, which is now under consideration within the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. On October 25, 2017, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) rel...
/news-perspectives/cbo-releases-report-on-bipartisan-aca-stabilization-plan/White House releases report on opioid crisis
On November 1, 2017, the White House released a report drafted by the President’s Commission on Combatting Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis. The report offers 56 recommendations for action by Congress, federal agencies, state governments, health care provider organizations, and health care payer...
/news-perspectives/white-house-releases-report-on-opioid-crisis/PCG sponsors LAUSD Focus Awards
For the past two years, Dr. Brenda Manuel of the Los Angeles Unified School District has joined PCG at a special session on community engagement during the iconic SXSWedu conference in Austin, TX. As she did last year, Dr. Manuel spoke about the Village Movement Mentoring Program where students are ...
/news-perspectives/pcg-sponsors-lausd-focus-awards/Making a positive impact
At PCG, we take Kidonomics seriously. All the research shows that making strategic investments in early childhood can pay big dividends in school, in the workplace, and throughout life. We were thrilled to talk about it at the Institute for Emerging Issues Focus Forum in February and SXSWedu in Marc...
/news-perspectives/making-a-positive-impact/Hurricane Harvey Relief: Public Consulting Group Employees Give over $300,000 with 2-for-1 PCG Match
Boston, MA, September 12, 2017 – Public Consulting Group (PCG) supports the communities in which it works. The Company announced today that 506 of its employees, more than a quarter of its worldwide staff, donated $100,548 to support victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas. Boston, MA, September 12, 20...
/news-perspectives/hurricane-harvey-relief-public-consulting-group-employees-give-over-300-000-with-2-for-1-pcg-match/Office of Inspector General (OIG) releases audits on multiple states
Congress requested the OIG conduct audits regarding the proper reporting, investigation, and resolution of allegations or referrals of abuse and neglect of children in the foster care system. In recent months, the OIG of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ... Congress requested ...
/news-perspectives/office-of-inspector-general-oig-releases-audits-on-multiple-states/Stability and Child Protection Leadership
Every organization, regardless of focus or sector, needs good, solid leadership to thrive. Why? Leadership not only provides the organization’s vision and guidance so that the executive management team can implement the direction of the organization, but also serves as the role model and principal i...
/news-perspectives/stability-and-child-protection-leadership/PCG wins HIPAA contract in California
PCG was recently awarded a one-year engagement with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to complete an independent Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) risk assessment. The purpose of this project is to perform an independent risk assessment to ensure CDPH fulfil...
/news-perspectives/pcg-wins-hipaa-contract-in-california/PCG wins Louisiana Medicaid modernization IV&V
PCG Technology Consulting (TC) was recently notified by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), Bureau of Health Services Financing (BHSF) of its intent to award PCG a contract to provide Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) services. Louisiana is embarking on an ambi...
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