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Anderson B. 2011. Promoting family-centered care for children with special health care needs. Washington, DC: Grantmakers in Health, 2 pp. (Views from the field)

Annotation: This document examines the role of family organizations in providing information and support for children with special health care needs (CSHCN), their families, and their professional partners. Specifically, the document addresses efforts to secure financing for Family-to-Family Health Information Centers (F2F HIC) to provide support, information, resources, and training to families of CSHCN and the professionals who serve them; state F2F HIC activities; and what philanthropy can offer. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Grantmakers In Health, 1100 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20036-4101, Telephone: (202) 452-8331 Fax: (202) 452-8340 Web Site: http://www.gih.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Families, Family centered care, Family resource centers, Financing, Parent professional relations, Resources for professionals

Eiken S, Galantwicz S, Stubbs A. 2006. Innovative strategies for strengthening family to family health information and education centers. Cambridge, MA: Research and Policy Division, Thomson Medstat, 33 pp.

Annotation: This document describes strategies in these areas: developing partnerships to increase organizational capacity and outreach, enhancing communication with families, developing culturally appropriate strategies to serve a diverse audience, facilitating the transition to adulthood, and ensuring sustainability through multiple funding sources. The appendix lists family to family health care information centers by state.

Contact: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, Telephone: (877) 267-2323 Secondary Telephone: (410) 786-3000 Fax: Web Site: https://www.cms.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Family resource centers, Family support services, Information services, Children with developmental disabilities, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Community organizations, Families, Health education

Schafer P. 2002. Baltimore City Healthy Start: Healthy Start impact report. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore City Healthy Start, 82 pp.

Annotation: This report describes a Healthy Start program in Baltimore, Maryland from 1997 to 2001 to reduce infant mortality and improve pregnancy outcomes through the continued implementation of outreach, case management and care coordination, and family resource centers. Report contents include descriptions of service initiation; accomplishments; mentoring; consortium and collaboration; consortium program impact; and other Healthy Start components including management and governance, sustainability, the role of local government, lessons learned, local evaluation, fetal and infant mortality review, and project data. Also provided are tables for major services offered (by year), performance measures for various models used, and a demographic and statistical data form for the project area. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Baltimore City Healthy Start, 2521 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, Telephone: (410) 396-7318 Fax: (410) 366-2825 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.baltimorehealthystart.org/

Keywords: Data, Family resource centers, Final reports, Healthy Start, Infant mortality, Local initiatives, Maryland, Prenatal care, Prevention programs, Program descriptions

Watson S, Westheimer M. 2000. Financing family resource centers: A guide to sources and strategies. New York, NY: Carnegie Corporation of New York; Washington, DC: The Finance Project, 75 pp. (Starting Points: Meeting the needs of our youngest children)

Annotation: This guide is intended to help those who run family resource centers (FRCs), and those who fund them, make well-informed decisions about financing. The guide describes the characteristics of FRCs, principles and strategies for financing them, and financing sources. It also discusses potential reforms for improving the financing environment.

Contact: Carnegie Corporation of New York, 437 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, Telephone: (212) 371-3200 Web Site: http://www.carnegie.org $15.00, prepayment required.

Keywords: Families, Family resource centers, Financing, Public awareness campaigns, Public private partnerships

Alan Guttmacher Institute. 2000. Fulfilling the promise: Public policy and U.S. family planning clinics. Washington, DC: Alan Guttmacher Institute, 48 pp.

Annotation: This report for service providers and policymakers reviews how and why the nationwide network of family planning clinics has developed and functions, and outlines some of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. The report includes the following sections: (1) introduction; (2) origins of the U.S. family planning clinic network; (3) the role of family planning clinics today; (3) the key role of Title X; (4) challenges and opportunities; (5) references and notes; and (6) tables. Statistical information is presented in numerous charts, graphs, and tables throughout the report.

Contact: Guttmacher Institute, 125 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038, Telephone: (212) 248-1111 Secondary Telephone: (800) 355-0244 Fax: (212) 248-1951; Washington, D.C. Office (202) 223-5756 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.guttmacher.org $20; also available from the website. Document Number: ISBN 0-939253-55-0.

Keywords: Family planning, Family planning clinics, Federal MCH programs, Health care financing, Health services, Public Health Service Act, Title X, Public policy, Reproductive health, Resource centers

Lightsey D, Vandenberg G, Montes E, de la Cruz D. 1999. The Healthy Start initiative: A community-driven approach to infant mortality reduction—Volume VI: Replicating the Healthy Start models of intervention. Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 92 pp. (The Healthy Start initiative: A community-driven approach to infant mortality reduction, Walker)

Annotation: This report presents lessons learned from Healthy Start grantees as they planned and implemented the Healthy Start Initiative, a five-year demonstration program that uses a community-driven, systems development approach to reduce infant mortality and improve the health and well-being of women, infants, children, and families. This volume focuses on replicating the Healthy Start models. Those are (1) community-based consortia, (2) outreach and client recruitment, (3) case coordination/case management, (4) family resource centers, (5) enhanced clinical services, (6) risk prevention and reduction, (7) facilitating services, (8) training and education, and (9) adolescent programs. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescent health, Case management, Case studies, Clinics, Community programs, Demonstration programs, Family resource centers, Grants, Healthy Start, Infant health, Infant mortality, Maternal health, Mentors, Model programs, Outreach, Perinatal health, Prenatal care, Prevention programs, Risk factors

Lovato N, ed. 1999. The DC family services guide. Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 40 pp.

Annotation: This directory lists organizations that offer services for children and families in the District of Columbia. Organizations are listed in nine categories: (1) advocacy, (2) community development, (3) District of Columbia Government, (4) education, (5) health care, (6) religious, (7) resource center, (8) social services and (9) other. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Photocopy available at no charge.

Keywords: Advocacy, City government, Community development, Directories, District of Columbia, Education, Family resource centers, Family support services, Health services, Religious organizations, Resource materials, Social services

Healthy Start National Resource Center. 1998. Healthy Start initiative: A community driven approach to improving perinatal health systems. Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 19 pp.

Annotation: This pamphlet describes the Healthy Start Initiative including its progress to date and nine models of intervention. This initiative is designed to empower communities to address the medical, behavioral, cultural, and social service needs of women and their infants to increase community and personal awareness of what causes infant mortality and how to prevent it; streamline and coordinate service between public and private agencies; and build partnerships and commitment among families, volunteers, businesses, and health care and social service providers. The models described are community-based consortia, care coordination and case management, outreach and client recruitment, family resource centers, enhanced clinical services, risk prevention and reduction, facilitating services, training and education, and adolescent programs. Directories of Healthy Start mentoring and replication projects are provided. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available for loan. Document Number: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHM006 (brochure).

Keywords: Adolescent sexuality, Case management, Clinics, Community based services, Consortia, Education, Family resource centers, Healthy Start, Infant mortality, Intervention, Outreach, Pamphlets, Perinatal health, Prevention programs, Prevention programs, Risk factors, Training

American Academy of Pediatrics. 1996. Moving from principles to practice: A resource guide. Washington, DC: American Academy of Pediatrics, 40 pp.

Annotation: This resource guide describes ways to integrate child and family care services. It is designed to help local and state leaders implement practices recommended in a preceding document, "Principles to Link By: Integrating Education, Health and Human Services for Children, Youth and Families." It includes exercises to help policymakers define and implement their needs, and lists of useful agencies and publications. It also includes case histories of a city-school collaboration, a federal-state-local partnership, and a state-county partnership, in which various social and health services worked with local people to provide services such as recreation, tutoring, health care, and counseling in poor neighborhoods.

Contact: American Academy of Pediatrics, 345 Park Boulevard, Itasca, IL 60143, Telephone: (630) 626-6000 Secondary Telephone: (847) 434-4000 Contact Phone: (202) 347-8600 Fax: (847) 434-8000 Web Site: https://www.aap.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Children, Community coordination, Community participation, Cooperative agreements, Education, Family centered services, Family resource centers, Family support services, Health services, Human services, Interagency cooperation, School linked programs, Service integration, Youth

Healthy Steps for Young Children Program. 1996. Protocol: Linkages to community resources. Healthy Steps for Young Children Program, 2 pp.

Annotation: This fact sheet offers a Healthy Steps protocol for primary care providers to expand access to resources, services, and information available in the local community on family health and child development. This program is for parents and caregivers of young children and is designed to help them cope with their responsibilities and reduce the isolation that new mothers and fathers can experience. Additional selected information is provided on expected outcomes and measures.

Contact: Healthy Steps for Young Children, Telephone: (703) 934-3090 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.healthysteps.org Order from the website for a charge.

Keywords: Child development, Child health, Community based services, Family centered services, Family resource centers, Local initiatives, Parent support services, Protocols, Referrals

   

The MCH Digital Library is one of six special collections at Geogetown University, the nation's oldest Jesuit institution of higher education. It is supported in part by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under award number U02MC31613, MCH Advanced Education Policy with an award of $700,000/year. The library is also supported through foundation and univerity funding. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.