Children and Families Specialty Plan

Blue Cross Blue Shield NC was selected to operate the Children and Families Specialty Plan (CFSP) -  a single, statewide NC Medicaid Managed Care plan designed to support Medicaid-enrolled children, youth and families served by the child welfare system in receiving seamless, integrated and coordinated health care.

As a statewide entity, the CFSP, regardless of a member’s geographic location or situation, will provide members with the same basic benefits and services and the following services:

  • Physical health
  • Behavioral health  such as outpatient therapy, inpatient treatment and crisis and therapeutic residential options for children
  • 1915(i) Home and Community-Based services
  • Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) services
  • Long term services and supports
  • Pharmacy services
  • Unmet health-related resource needs including housing, food, transportation and interpersonal violence

Stakeholder feedback was instrumental in shaping the CFSP plan. The Department used multiple avenues for stakeholder engagement throughout 2021, 2022 and 2024 that resulted in a CFSP design to provide children, youth and families served by the child welfare system in North Carolina with a specialized plan intended to improve near and long-term health outcomes, increase access to health and health-related services and strengthen and stabilize families.
Read the press release, NCDHHS Announces NC Medicaid Managed Care Children and Families Specialty Plan, here.

Tab/Accordion Items

Webinar: North Carolina Medicaid Managed Care Transformation as of April 1, 2023: Implications for Children and Youth Served by the Child Welfare System: A Resource for DSS County Child Welfare Workers - March 23, 2023

Webinar: Transition to Tailored Care Management for Children/Youth Served by the Child Welfare System:
A Resource for County DSS and Other Stakeholders - Nov. 29, 2022

Webinar: Updates on North Carolina’s Children and Families Specialty Plan - Feb. 17, 2022

Webinar: An Update on North Carolina’s Specialized Foster Care Plan – June 4, 2021

Webinar: An Overview of North Carolina's Specialized Foster Care Plan – Feb. 11, 2021

DateProposed Topic(s)Meeting Materials
Jan. 11, 2022Update on North Carolina’s Specialized Foster Care Plan

DateProposed Topic(s)Meeting Materials
April 19, 2021
  • Introduction to FC Plan Workgroup and Approach 
  • FC Plan Overview
  • Statewide Design
May 3, 2021
  • Eligibility & Enrollment
  • Benefits/Services
May 17, 2021Care Management 
June 7, 2021Stakeholder Brainstorm on Care Management
June 22, 2021Care Management, cont. 
July 12, 2021Quality and Outcomes
July 26, 2021Provider Network 
Aug. 9, 2021Workgroup Lookback and Next Steps 

About the Children and Families Specialty Plan

NCDHHS released the revised Children and Families Specialty Plan Policy Paper on Jan. 16, 2024.

The original North Carolina's Specialized Foster Care Plan was released in February 2021, requesting input from those who support these populations and other interested stakeholders. After reviewing recommendations, NCDHHS offers several updates to the Children and Families Specialty Plan.

For more information email Medicaid.NCEngagement@dhhs.nc.gov.

This page was last modified on 08/15/2024