Families

Families of children with special healthcare needs will partner in decision making at all levels, and will be satisfied with the services they receive.

Our growing Family Involvement Network (FIN) is moving and shaking.  They have begun to partner with multidiscipline teams out in the communities, have been involved in Medical Home projects and are starting to tackle health insurance issues.

Raising a child with special health needs can be challenging and rewarding.  It also can be confusing and exhausting - for the whole family.  You and your family may need the services of many different professionals and agencies.  You may have to travel away from home for specialized health care. Sometimes you might just need to talk to someone who has been in your shoes and understands what you are going through.  Care Coordination from our CaCoon program can help!

The Family Support Program has some available funds for children linked to our programs.

We have child development information available for you.

Family Voices (external link) is a great national resource for families.

We have Family Stories of families who have been involved with our office and programs.

The Universal Application Process is a developing tool with the aim of providing families a one stop application that will direct families to all appropriate service agencies, programs and more by filing out just one single from.  This is a new and ambitious endeavor to make navigation of the system far easier for families than it has been in the past.  There will be more information available about this project as it develops.

The University of Utah has developed a the Universal Application System (UAS) as a tool with the aim of providing families a one stop application that will direct them to all appropieate service agencies, programs and more by filing just one single form.  This is a new and ambitious endeaver to make navigation of the systems far easier for families than is has been in the past.  In Oregon the process has developed into the Oregon Clicks.  It is currently being piloted in Klamath, Lane and Union counties.

Oregon Clicks is a web based application process designed for Oregon families who have young children, especially those with special needs.  Families can do the application on-line for a variety of Oregon programs and community resources.  Oregon Clicks  is confidential and p rotected by username and password that the families create. It can be accessed anywhere you have internet access.