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Care Connection for Children is a partner organization in
the national effort to accomplish the goals of the 2010 EXPRESS:
A 10-Year action plan to achieve community-based service systems
for children and youth with special health care needs and their
families. In addition to community-based, the service
system needs to be comprehensive, coordinated, culturally competent
and family-centered.
This
plan is a part of Healthy People 2010 from the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
State,
community
and public and private sectors are partnering to achieve the
goal to “bring better health to all people in this country.”The
Maternal and Child Health Bureau partnering with Family Voices,
the March of Dimes, the American Academy of Pediatrics
and other organization have identified the following outcomes:
Goal 1
Families of children with special health care needs will partner
in decision making at all levels and will be satisfied with
the services they receive.
Goal 2
All children with special health care needs will receive coordinated,
ongoing, comprehensive care within a medical home.
Goal 3
All families of children with special health care needs will
have adequate private and/or public insurance to pay for the
service they need.
Goal 4
All children will be screened early and continuously for special
health care needs.
Goal 5
Community-based service systems will be organized so families
can use them easily.
Goal 6
All youth with special health care needs will receive the services
necessary to make transitions to all aspects of adult life,
including adult health care, work and independence.
It is the mission
of Care Connection for Children to assure that these goals
are achieved by 2010.
For more information about the 2010 EXPRESS refer to:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources
and Services Administration
Maternal and Child Health
Bureau
Family
Voices
Consists of families from throughout the United States
who have children with special health needs, as well as
caregivers,
professionals and friends whose lives have been touched
by these children and their families.
The American Academy of Pediatrics
The mission of the American Academy of Pediatrics is to
attain optimal physical, mental and social health and well-being
for all infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
To this
purpose, the AAP and its members dedicate their efforts
and
resources.
March of Dimes
Four major problems threaten the health of America's babies:
birth defects, infant mortality, low birth-weight, and
lack of prenatal care. The March of Dimes is committed
to the
day when all babies will be born healthy.
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