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Family Voices is a national nonprofit led by families and friends of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and disabilities. We connect a network of family-led organizations across the United States that provide support to families of CYSHCN.
We promote partnership with youth and families at all levels of health care, from individual care to policy and decision-making, to improve policies and systems of care for children.
Do you have a child or teen who has special health care needs or disabilities? Find support in your local community.
¿Tiene un niño o adolescente que tiene necesidades especiales de salud o discapacidades? Haga clic aquí para buscar ayuda.
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Family Voices News
Congress (Washington Update, December 13, 2018)
A December 7 funding deadline was extended to December 21 but it is not clear whether Congress and the president will reach a deal by then to fund seven departments and a number of agencies for which final appropriations have not yet been made for the current fiscal...
Medicaid/CHIP News, Information, and Resources (Washington Update, December 13, 2018)
New Report Highlights Why Medicaid is Critical to America's Military Readiness (press release of the Children’s Hospital Association, 11/15/18). TRICARE for Kids, a coalition of military family and health advocacy groups, recently released a report, America's Military...
Affordable Care Act (Washington Update, December 13, 2018)
REMEMBER: 2019 Open Enrollment runs from Nov. 1 through Dec. 15, 2018. Study: 4.2 Million Uninsured People Eligible for Free Obamacare Coverage (The Hill, 12/11/18) On December 11, the Kaiser Family Foundation published a report, How Many of the Uninsured Can Purchase...
TRICARE (Washington Update, December 13, 2018)
Missed TRICARE Open Season? There's Still Time to Act! Dec. 11, 2018 If you missed TRICARE Open Season, you still have time to enroll. For this year only, you can enroll in or change your TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Select plan through Dec. 31, 2018, for coverage...
Other News, Information, and Resources (Washington Update, December 13, 2018)
NEWS Comments on the “Public Charge” Rule As reported in earlier Updates --see September 26 Update (p. 3) and October 31 (p. 4) – the Department of Homeland Security proposed a rule to broaden the public benefits that would be considered when determining whether an...
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