Description
The Wisconsin Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Program is funded
by the Maternal Child Health Title V Block Grant. For more information
about the Maternal Child Health Bureau go to: www.mchb.hrsa.gov/ The
CSHCN Program is located in the Department of Health and Family Services,
Division of Public Health, Bureau of Family and Community Health. The philosophy
and principles of this Program are:
- Children are best served within their families.
- Children and families are best supported within the context of their community.
- Families will have convenient access to care coordinators.
- Collaboration is the best way to provide comprehensive services.
- Family perspectives and presence must be included in all aspects of the system.
- Background Information
All
states are mandated by Amendments to Title V of the 1935 Social Security
Act in the Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act of 1989 (OBRA '89) to
“provide and to promote family–centered, community–based, culturally competent,
coordinated care for children with special health care needs.” This
Act enabled each state to “facilitate the development of community–based
systems of services for children with special health care needs and their
families.”The
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HRSA), Maternal Child Health
Bureau (MCHB) released “Healthy People 2010”. The goals of this
strategic plan are to increase the quality and years for a healthy life
and to eliminate health disparities. Promoting health and access to care
for children with special health care needs is included in “Healthy
People 2010”. For more information about “Healthy People 2010”, go to: http://www.health.gov/healthypeople
The
Wisconsin CSHCN Program directs projects and programs, provides leadership
and technical assistance to support the efforts of agencies, provides
education and training opportunities for staff and service providers and
coordinates a statewide system of nutrition services. The CSHCN Program
provides grants to promote care for Wisconsin children with special health
care needs and their families.
Initiatives/Activities for Care within the Children with Special Health Care Needs Program include:
Regional Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Centers
Wisconsin Sound Beginnings
A Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Program
The Wisconsin Birth Defects Prevention and Surveillance System
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