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Insights from PCG’s Josh Ellis: Solving the Teacher Shortage
What is EdForce and how does it address the current shortage of K-12 teachers? From California to Virginia, states are experiencing a severe shortage of K-12 teachers. According to the Learning Policy Institute’s most recent data (2009-14), enrollment in teacher education programs have dropped from ...
/news-perspectives/insights-from-pcg-s-josh-ellis-solving-the-teacher-shortage/The Government Accountability Office issues recommendations on fraud prevention
On December 5, 2017, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a a report on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) fraud prevention efforts, recommending that CMS more closely align its approach with the Fraud Risk Framework put forth by the GAO in 2015. Medicaid and Medicare frau...
/news-perspectives/the-government-accountability-office-issues-recommendations-on-fraud-prevention/CMS issues guidelines on mandating work and community engagement under Medicaid and approves the first work requirement waiver
On January 11, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) distributed a State Medicaid Director letter outlining new guidelines for states about mandating work and other community engagement activities for adult Medicaid beneficiaries who are not aged, disabled, or pregnant. CMS defi...
/news-perspectives/cms-issues-guidelines-on-mandating-work-and-community-engagement-under-medicaid-and-approves-the-first-work-requirement-waiver/Trends defined through most recent Adoptions and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System (AFCARS) data
The latest compilation of data from the AFCARS report demonstrates a double digit increase in the number of children within the foster care system over the last 10 years. A critical factor in that increase relates to the current opioid epidemic, which is affecting all states and their child welfare ...
/news-perspectives/trends-defined-through-most-recent-adoptions-and-foster-care-analysis-reporting-system-afcars-data/Public Consulting Group to Take Part in Four Sessions at SXSWedu
Public Consulting Group (PCG) today announced that it has been selected to present at SXSWedu, the leading education conference in Austin, Texas, in March, for the second year in a row. This year, PCG will lead four innovative sessions, once again bringing together thought leaders and experts from a...
/news-perspectives/public-consulting-group-to-take-part-in-four-sessions-at-sxswedu/Congress reauthorizes the Children’s Health Insurance Program
On January 22, 2018, Congress reauthorized funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through Federal fiscal year (FFY) 2023. The CHIP provisions are included as the Healthy Kids Act under H.R. 195, Division C. Division B extends a short-term continuing resolution (CR), which was nec...
/news-perspectives/congress-reauthorizes-the-children-s-health-insurance-program/PCG at SXSW EDU 2018: 5 sessions on how all students can succeed
Whether it’s “no child left behind” or “every student succeeds,” our country has long embraced—and legislated—the principle that in U.S. schools, all students deserve to succeed. Here at PCG, we have always believed “all means all.” All students in special education. All English language learners. A...
/news-perspectives/pcg-at-sxsw-edu-2018-5-sessions-on-how-all-students-can-succeed/Public Consulting Group wins Intranet Upgrade Contract with Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Public Consulting Group (PCG) is honoured to announce that its Technology Solutions unit has won a contract with Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to develop an upgraded Intranet serving the hospital’s 3,000 staff. By streamlining and optimising access to hundreds of policy and procedure docume...
/news-perspectives/public-consulting-group-wins-intranet-upgrade-contract-with-kingston-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust/Budget – Money Is Not the Problem but It’s Not the Solution Either
For the past decade, funding has been a challenge at every level of government—local, state, and federal. The recession of 2008 was a particularly difficult time for funding across all levels of government, but it was arguably most difficult on the child welfare system as many jurisdictions had to d...
/news-perspectives/budget-money-is-not-the-problem-but-it-s-not-the-solution-either/Foster Care Crisis - What’s an Agency to Do? Part 1
Child welfare agencies in jurisdictions across the country face a growing foster care crisis: decreasing numbers of licensed foster homes can’t support the increasing demand for licensed out of home placement, fueled, in part, by the opioid and prescription drug crisis. What is causing this shift in...
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