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Annotation: These presentation slides describe a pilot project (undertaken February – December 2015) that was funded by the Maternal and Child Health program of the Georgia Department of Public Health. Its focus was on children with autism or related developmental delays receiving Part C services. The program was implemented as a series of five in-home sessions designed to supplement and complement services provided under the Individualized Family Support Plan (IFSP). The program includes in-home coaching for parents, emphasizing the reinforcement of positive routines at home and providing direct, structured, yet individualized support to families. Key features include colorful graphs illustrating program outcomes. The presentation features a sample Brief Behavior Intervention Plan and introduces an upcoming "Positive Behavior Support Parent Academy" for additional support.

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Keywords: Autism, State CSHCN programs, Education, Georgia

Annotation: These presentation materials describe the mission and vision of Virginia's Center for Family Involvement, which include aiding families in helping their children and adolescents with disabilities to lead the lives that they want. Included is information on how parents and families can become advocates, mentors and leaders in the process, and describes the direct support to families includes peer support, training, and materials provided by the Center. This presentation also discusses the process by which families can be referred into the program, how they get a family navigator, and how data is compiled (includes sample part of form), and how family impact/assessment is done. Also included is a map of Virginia with locations of the Family to Family network and a statistical of family data collected between 2014 - 2016.

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Keywords: State CSHCN programs, Autism, Data collection, Virginia

Annotation: This is the agenda for a multi-state meeting held on June 15, 2016 that focused on addressing gaps in autism knowledge and diagnosis. The agenda covered three main topics: diagnosis and evaluation, parent engagement and outreach, and technology and financing. The meeting included teams from Virginia, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, Iowa, and Michigan.

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Keywords: Autism, State CSHCN programs, Title V programs

Annotation: This guide is a comprehensive resource designed to assist senior managers overseeing state Maternal and Child Health (MCH) programs, particularly those involved with Title V of the Social Security Act. It addresses the foundational elements of MCH leadership, provides strategic guidance on managing resources, and highlights best practices for engaging with stakeholders and evaluating program effectiveness. The guide can be used as a tool for MCH professionals at all levels, providing a foundation for working in Title V. It includes background on Title V and the health insurance landscape, how data is collected and used, and information on the grant funding and process.

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Keywords: State agencies, State CSHCN programs, State health agencies, Staff development

Annotation: These proceedings summarize information from an October 2006 meeting hosted by the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC) to discuss how school-based health centers (SBHCs) can work with schools to support the education and health of children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Based on discussions between meeting representatives from education, special education, school health care, parent communities, and health education policy sectors, the document outlines ways that the National Assembly can lead SBHC-focused work to promote activities that support the needs and challenges of CSHCN. The document also outlines next steps to continue exploring the collaboration between SBHCs and school systems in serving CSHCN. The appendices include federal policies on special populations, a description of school-based health centers, and a list of services with potential for synergy between SBHCs and school systems in serving special populations. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: CSHCN programs, Children with special health care needs, Collaboration, Conference proceedings, Health care reform, Health care systems, School health programs, School linked programs

Annotation: This report provides background information about children with special health care needs (CSHN) and describes states' options for addressing those needs under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). To assist state legislators who want to use the flexibility of Title XXI to improve services for CSHN, the report describes the following strategies: providing supplemental benefits; arranging for specialists to be included under the CHIP plan; expanding eligibility criteria to assist additional families; defining "medical necessity" more broadly; modifying cost-sharing requirements; and addressing quality assurance issues. Appendices include details about programs in Connecticut, Florida, and North Carolina; public health care programs for low income children; and lists of state and national contacts. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Connecticut, Florida, Low income groups, Model programs, North Carolina, Public health services, Reports, Social Security Act, Title XXI, State CSHCN programs, State Children's Health Insurance Program, State legislatures

Annotation: This resource manual for state Title V Children with Special Health Needs (CSHCN) Programs contains materials that support the efforts of program leadership to carry out their legislated responsibilities. These materials include four annotated bibliographies of key documents and resources; a brief legislative history of Title V of the Society Security Act and Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Program; a discussion of the MCH Block Grant Performance Measures within the context of both the national agenda for CSHCN and the core CSHCN Program functions; an overview of the Division's current programmatic, product development, and technical assistance activities; and selected resource materials from other related initiatives. The annotated bibliographies are organized under four topical areas: rehabilitation services for Social Security beneficiaries, providing services to CSHCN, development of community systems of services, and family centered care. These bibliographies include citations to policy briefs, briefing books, federal agency documents, project reports, training materials, legislation, journal articles, and books. Each listing provides information about the document, including a brief summary and where to obtain it. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Bibliographies, Block grants, Children with special health care needs, Community programs, Family centered care, History, Legislation, MCH services, Manuals, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Rehabilitation programs, Social Security Act, Special health care services, State CSHCN programs, Title V, Title V programs

Annotation: This report provides baseline information on state maternal and child health (MCH) and children with special health care needs (CSHN) units and their leadership. Additionally, it provides a starting point for the development of measures to enhance training opportunities and technical assistance for directors who may perceive a need for training and skills upgrading for themselves and their staff. The report is presented addresses the location, responsibilities, and reorganization status of Title V units beginning with a description of the historical context and approach followed by profiles of maternal and child health units, maternal and child health leadership, profiles of children with special health care needs units, children with special health care needs leadership, a discussion of the operational environment, and recommendations. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Child health, Children with special health care needs, Maternal health, State CSHCN programs, State MCH programs, Technical assistance, Title V programs, Training

Annotation: This guide is designed to assist providers of services to maternal and child health (MCH) and children with special health needs (CSHN) populations to contract with managed care organizations (MCOs) for health and health related services. It provides suggestions and a range of approaches to providers by guiding them through the process of developing contractual relationships with MCOs. Topics include the following: 1) understanding your state's Medicaid managed care program, 2) understanding managed care organizations, 3) evaluating and selecting the most appropriate contracting arrangement, 4) selecting services to offer an MCO, 5) how to develop a managed care proposal, and 6) proposing, marketing, and negotiating a managed care contract. Each area summarizes the subject areas covered and provides a checklist of the key steps to follow to achieve the goals of each topic. An appendix provides three sample contracts, a glossary of managed care terms, and a listing of state Medicaid agencies. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Administrative policy, CSHCN programs, Contract services, MCH programs, MCH services, Medicaid managed care, Proposal writing, Proposals

Annotation: This resource brief describes the childhood component of the National Health Interview (NHIS) Disability Supplement and current plans for release of data files, identifies ways in which state Title V programs can apply the data to their own purposes of needs assessment and program planning, and suggests other related resources that state CSHCN program personnel might find useful. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Data sources, Disabilities, Program planning, State CSHCN programs

Annotation: This summary paper provides information on experiences of state MCH and CSHN Programs using the document Public MCH Program Functions Framework: Essential Public Health Services To Promote Maternal and Child Health in America. Descriptions of experiences in addressing reorganization issues and developing strategic plans, orienting new MCH staff at the state and local levels, framing and developing contractor standards, preparing budget and staffing justifications, and training future public health professionals and educating constituents are summarized. The paper ends with names and phone numbers of contacts to provide further information on the state programs summarized. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Adolescent health, CSHCN programs, Child health, Federal MCH programs, Health services, Managed care, Maternal health, Program development, State MCH programs

Annotation: This report describes the technical assistance provided to Connecticut in developing a monitoring and oversight system for providing care to children with special health care needs. The report includes background information and information about data collection tools and quality monitoring indicators. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Connecticut, Data collection, Monitoring, Quality assurance, State CSHCN programs, Technical assistance

Annotation: This book provides a comprehensive accounting of public expenditures on children and families. It compares expenditures across all the major programs. It develops guiding principles about how to allocate resources in order to simplify programs, integrate efforts and find more cost-effective ways to respond to families' and children's needs.

Keywords: CSHCN programs, Children with developmental disabilities, Children with special health care needs, Eligibility determination, Entitlements, Head Start, Program coordination, Program evaluation, Special education, Statistics, Supplemental Security Income

Annotation: This document gives the results of a nationwide survey of state agencies for children with special health needs that focused on care coordination. It gives information on care coordination definitions, quality guidelines, personnel preparation and training standards, and strategies for evaluating outcomes. It also includes a list of products developed by the states, such as assessment tools, service plans, policies and procedures, performance standards, and other documents. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Case management, Children with special health care needs, Service coordination, State CSHCN programs, Surveys

Annotation: The purpose of this report is to examine the likely impact of Medicaid programs on children with special health care needs by looking at four states that have had waiver applications approved and are currently implementing demonstration programs—Hawaii, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Tennessee. It also considers the likely impact of waiver programs on the major publicly funded programs with responsibility for special needs children—state programs for children with special health care needs (CSHN). Following an introduction on the concept of waivers and demonstration programs, the report is divided into three other chapters. Chapter 2 describes demonstrations of waiver programs in the four states and assesses the impact of the programs on children with special health care needs. Chapter 3 contains an analysis of the ways in which the four programs have affected, or are likely to affect, the CSHN programs in those states. Chapter 4 provides a summary of the findings and offers suggestions regarding the issues that states might want to consider in planning future waiver programs and the new roles and responsibilities that CSHN programs adopt in waiver program states. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: Access to health care, Children with special health care needs, Demonstration programs, Hawaii, Health care financing, Health care reform, Medicaid managed care, Oregon, Rhode Island, Service delivery systems, State CSHCN programs, Tennessee, Waivers

Annotation: This report presents the survey findings on the kinds and amounts of participation by parents and other family members in state Title V Children with Special Health Care Needs programs around the country. Types of participation described include committees, in-service training, toll-free numbers, hiring family members, support groups, input from underserved populations and adults with disabilities, and participation in the block grant process. A directory of state Title V directors is included. The survey was funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Family centered services, State CSHCN programs, Surveys, Title V programs

Annotation: This report presents the findings of a study that was designed to determine the present nature and scope of service coordination between state agencies as required under the Individual with Disabilities Education Act, Part H. It addresses nine areas of service coordination including: 1) major goals for the coordination effort, 2) age range targeted for coordination, 3) development of the vision for a coordinated service system, 4) who is involved in the coordination of service, 5) the structure used for service coordination, 6) policies related to service coordination, 7) number of individuals designated to work on Part H activities, 8) accomplishments in the area of service coordination, and 9) state evaluation of service coordination efforts. The report explains the methodology of the study, presents its results, and provides a summary and conclusions.

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Keywords: CSHCN programs, Children with special health care needs, Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, Part H, Interagency cooperation, Reports, Service coordination, Surveys

Annotation: This report provides results from a survey on the automation systems being used to manage information in state programs for children with special health care needs, including hardware, software, automated administrative functions, reports generated, Title V capacity, and highlights of each program.

Keywords: Information systems, State CSHCN programs, Surveys

Annotation: This manual lists the goals for the Children's Medical Services (CMS) of the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. These goals are directed at the continued development of a comprehensive health care system for children with special health care needs and their families in Florida. Strategies and outcomes are listed for each of the CMS program goals. This CMS program charts a course for the effective delivery of services to children with special health care needs and their families through delivering the guiding principles and implementation of the strategies that are designed to create a family-centered, comprehensive health care program for children and their families.

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Family centered, Florida, State CSHCN programs, community based care

Annotation: This report presents the findings of a study that analyzed the current status of the states' eligibility policies for children with disabilities, age 3 through 5. It provides background to the legislation involved, looks at issues related to the development of eligibility policy, explains the methodology of the study, and presents results and conclusions.

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Keywords: Access to health care, CSHCN programs, Children with special health care needs, Eligibility, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part B, Policy analysis, Preschool children