Champions for Inclusive Communities Services Fact Sheet

Champions for Inclusive Communities (ChampionsInC ) has recently published a fact sheet that helps readers to gain a better understanding of the issues families of children with special health care needs face when seeking needed services.  This fact sheet draws data from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) and is easily adapted to specific state results. 

The fact sheet focuses on one of the 6 outcomes that the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and its partners have identified as the main indicators that measure the progress of making family-centered care a reality. 

The ChampionsInC fact sheet helps readers understand the important factors that pertain to Outcome 5, Organizing services for families of children and youth with special health care needs so they are easily accessible.  The fact sheet covers the following areas:  1) The ability of families to access all needed services, 2) Reasons why services were not received, 3) How well services are coordinated and who coordinates them, and 4) The impact on the family as they strive to get their needs met.

To view and/or download the entire fact sheet entitled Drilling Down to Understand Outcome 5: Services Organized so Families Can Use Them Easily, go to the ChampionsInC website.