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CCSHCN Receives $100,000 Family-to-Family Health Information Center Grant |
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The CCSHCN has received a Family-to-Family Health Information Center (F2F HIC) grant to create centers at Commission offices staffed by Support Parents (mentors) who are parents of special needs children. Support Parents are a key support to families of individuals with special needs. Through our program, we offer parents/caregivers the opportunity to connect one-to-one with a parent/caregiver of an individual with the same or similar special health care need -- someone who has "been there."
What is a Support Parent?
A Support Parent is a veteran parent of primary caregiver of an individual with special health care needs willing to help other families in situations similar to those they have faced. A Support parent is a person who wants to reduce the feelings of isolation for other families of individuals with special health care needs and allow others to benefit from their experiences. A support Parent provides a safe listening environment and a wealth of information to other families.
Support Parent Family Information
If you would like more information about F2F HIC Parent Mentors, please contact the program co-directors:
Debbie Gilbert (Louisville)
(502) 595-4459, ext. 279
(800) 232-1160, ext. 279
Sondra Gilbert (Owensboro)
(270) 852-2918
(877) 687-7038, ext. 2123
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CCSHCN Needs Assessment Survey Now Online |
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What is the 2010 Needs Assessment survey about?
We want to know what programs are helpful to your family, what resources are available and, most importantly, what your family needs.
We want to know what you think about the health care services for children with special health care needs in Kentucky. We also want to know if the children in your family are ready for life as an adult.
Who should complete the survey?
Any parent or someone who cares for a child with special health care needs should complete the survey. Any child who is old enough to answer the questions can also complete the survey. You do not have to have a child enrolled at the Commission.
How do I complete the survey?
The survey can be completed online, at any Commission office or we can mail a paper copy to you.
To complete the survey online, click Here to take the Needs Assessment Survey;
Or for a paper copy, call us at (800) 232-1160 or click here;
Or complete it at your next visit to any Commission office.
The survey is completely anonymous. There is no way to link your answers to you.
What will happen with the information that I put on the survey?
The answers from the survey will be reviewed at the state and federal government level. Results from the survey will be used to determine how money for Kentucky’s children with special health care needs will be used, including what new services that are needed.
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