About Us

Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs are: children from birth to 21 who have health problems requiring more than routine and basic care, including children with or at risk of disabilities, chronic illnesses and conditions and health-related education and behavioral problems. This includes children who have or are at increased risk for chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally.

These are some of the possible types of conditions our programs serve.

We have the goal of developing and implementing innovative, replicable models of community-based care for children and youth with special health needs in the following core outcomes areas:

  1. All children with special health care needs will receive coordinated ongoing comprehensive care within a medical home.
  2. All families of children with special health care needs will have adequate private and/or public insurance to pay for the services they need.
  3. All children will be screened early and continuously for special health care needs.
  4. Services for children with special health care needs and their families will be organized in ways that families can use them easily.
  5. Families of children with special health care needs will partner in decision making at all levels, and will be satisfied with the services they receive.
  6. All youth with special health care needs will receive the services necessary to make appropriate transitions to adult health care, work, and independence.

Click here for more information about the six critical areas that will indicate our progress and the core outcomes we strive to achieve through our programs, projects and grants.

This page contains information about the Special Projects administered by our office.

To find out more about our staff visit this page.

Learn more about the groups we partner with.