School-aged children attending will receive a complimentary backpack filled with school supplies. There will also be diaper giveaways and free car seats.

Both in Indiana and nationally, Black infants and pregnant people continue to die at the highest rate. A community organization is expanding a program to Indiana meant to address those significant health disparities.

Indiana is in the process of transitioning to a new model to deliver behavioral health and crisis services. But the top Family and Social Services Administration official says the agency is concerned about having the necessary funding.

As Midwest cities like Indianapolis struggle with an HIV epidemic, federal support is being curtailed.

Hoosiers enrolled in Medicaid – and their family members or caregivers – may have a chance to directly contribute to policy and administrative discussions. The Family and Social Services Administration is accepting applications for the Beneficiary Advisory Council.

Donated human milk is particularly important for babies in the neonatal intensive care unit whose mothers may be unable to breastfeed them.

Youth tobacco use in Indiana continues to trend downward — largely due to a decrease in e-cigarette use. But a new survey shows the percentage of students who tried nicotine pouches more than doubled since 2022.

Indiana is introducing new tools on July 1 to evaluate if children and infants qualify for home- and community-based services through Medicaid. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration said the criteria hasn't changed, but some children may no longer qualify based on the new assessment tools.

The White House budget proposal would roll back next year's federal HIV prevention funding to levels not seen since around 1987.

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration wants the federal government to give it the authority to roll back Medicaid eligibility for the state's expansion program. The agency's top official said it would need that authority in order to afford the program under recent changes proposed by the U.S. Senate.