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Children
and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
 Targeted
Technical Assistance
A key objective
of the CYSHCN project of the NCCC is to provide training,
technical
assistance and consultation to state MCH
and CSHCN Directors and programs serving children and youth
with special health care needs and their families at the national,
regional, state and local levels. To date, the NCCC is providing
targeted technical assistance to four State Title V/CSHCN programs
and two family organizations supporting children and youth
with
special health care needs. Recipients of the targeted technical
assistance were chosen in collaboration with the NCCC's Federal
Project Officer, Diana Denboba, Public Health Analyst, MCHB,
DSCSHCN. Sites were selected because of their expressed interest,
geographic locale, current and emergent demographic trends
and approach to administering the CSHCN program within their
states.
Goals and the nature of the technical assistance are developed
collaboratively between key stakeholders and NCCC faculty. The
technical assistance can focus on a range of areas including:
strategic planning and goal-setting, identification and provision
of resources, review of policies, structures, procedures, materials
review processes, and training on a variety of topics. Technical
assistance can be provided through a variety of means that may
include but is not limited to on-site consultation, videoconferencing,
teleconferencing, e-mail, web casts, etc.
States currently receiving targeted on- site technical assistance
and ongoing follow-up assistance:
- Delaware
- Georgia
- New Jersey
- Rhode Island
Family organizations currently receiving targeted technical
assistance:
- Florida Institute for Family Involvement, a HRSA funded Family-To-Family
Health Information and Education Center
- National Family Voices Office, selected state chapters of
the Family Voices network
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