Kansas Department of Health and Environment

Topeka–The Kansas Department of Health and Environment  Special Health Care Needs program is hosting regional meetings to engage agencies and organizations serving Kansas children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and stakeholders, including parents, caregivers and individuals.

The focus of the meetings will be on developing a state plan that outlines future goals and strategies of the Special Health Care Needs program. The plan will work to strengthen collaboration, support systems integration and improve service delivery for CYSHCN.

The state plan is part of a two-year grant awarded to KDHE focusing on CYSHCN and their families. The primary objective of the grant is to support access for CYSHCN to receive services through an accessible, continuous, comprehensive, coordinated, compassionate, culturally competent and family-centered medical home. This tour is the second round of regional meetings, with a distinct focus on access to health care and eligibility and enrollment for services utilized by the CYSHCN population.

Pre-registration is required for these meetings as space is limited. Meeting information and the online registration is available at www.kdheks.gov/shcn/meetings. Meetings will be held from 1:30 � 3:30 p.m. on the dates listed below.

 

Date	City	Location
August 25	Lawrence	Lawrence Hotel and Convention Center 200 McDonald Drive, Lawrence, KS
August 31	Chanute	Alliance Room (City of Chanute) 101 S. Lincoln Ave, Memorial Building, Chanute, KS
September 8	Hutchinson	Hutchinson Community College, Blue Dragon Room 1300 North Plum, Hutchinson, KS
September 14	Concordia	Concordia Chamber of Commerce 606 Washington St, Concordia, KS
September 28	Garden City	Heritage Hotel & Suites 1212 Stone Creek Dr., Garden City, KS
September 29	Colby	City Limits Convention Center 2227 S. Range Ave, Colby, KS

 

To learn how you can participate, or for more information on the grant project or the regional meetings, please contact Kayzy Bigler, Special Health Care Needs Program Manager, at 785-296-1316 or by email at [email protected].

A detailed description of how the national standards were developed is available by visiting http://www.amchp.org/programsandtopics/CYSHCN/Documents/Standards%20Charts%20FINAL.pdf.