The National Center for Medical Home Implementation May edition of Medical Homes @ Work e-Newsletter featured several items pertaining to children and youth with special needs and disabilities.
Request for Proposals—Support for National Projects to Empower Youth With Disabilities
Deadline: June 1, 2012
Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation has announced grants ranging between $10,000 and $75,000 available to nonprofit organizations working on innovative projects designed to empower children and youth with disabilities to lead productive lives. [For more info., refer to Medical Homes @ Work e-Newsletter.]
Deadline: June 1, 2012
Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation has announced grants ranging between $10,000 and $75,000 available to nonprofit organizations working on innovative projects designed to empower children and youth with disabilities to lead productive lives. [For more info., refer to Medical Homes @ Work e-Newsletter.]
Also featured in this edition of Medical Homes @Work e-Newsletter:- Spotlight on Initiatives Connecting Patients and Families with Community Resources and Services Help Me Grow
- Data on Health Disparities in the United StatesData from the 2009-10 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs highlights the health status of minority children with special health care needs in the United States; including the finding that one-quarter of Hispanic and African American youth with special needs received sufficient transition planning whereas nearly 45% of white youth received such planning.
- Webinar—Understanding the Basics—Medicaid & CHIP and Building Partnerships among StakeholdersMay 16, 2012—12 to 1pm (Eastern)This webinar, hosted by the Catalyst Center, will teach participants how different systems define children with special health care needs, the basics of Medicaid and CHIP, and different kinds of partnerships between Title V and Medicaid/CHIP.
- New Edition of Community Services Locator The Maternal and Child Health Library (MCH Library) has related a new edition of their Community Services Locator. The Community Services Locator can be used by service providers and families to find available child care and early education programs, developmental assessment and learning services, family support, and health and wellness care.
- Webinar—Partnering to Make Services Easier to Use for Latino Families with CYSHCN May 9, 2012—2 to 3pm (Eastern)
Recent evidence from the 2009-2010 National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs showed that children from monolingual Spanish speaking families are having more difficulty accessing services than their English-speaking counterparts. This webinar, hosted by the National Center for Ease of Use of Community-Based Services.
- The 5th International Conference on Patient- and Family-Centered Care June 4-6, 2012—Washington, DC
This conference, hosted by the Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care, will provide opportunities to address emerging issues in patient- and family-centered care, both at the systems and individual levels.
- 2012 AAP National Conference & ExhibitionOctober 20-23, 2012—New Orleans, LA
The AAP National Conference and Exhibition (NCE) is the most comprehensive pediatric meeting in the world ...
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