Health care
Connecticut Medicaid: Access Health
About this resource
Medicaid is basic health insurance that is available to foster youth or former foster youth who are eligible. The information provided should help you apply. Foster youth and former foster youth may be eligible for medicaid if they lived in Conneticut, were in foster care on their 18th birthay and are under age 26. Foster youth can apply directly online.
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.