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Family Voices is a national family-led organization of families and friends of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and disabilities. We connect a network of family organizations across the United States that provide support to families of CYSHCN.
We promote partnership with families at all levels of health care–individual and policy decision-making levels—in order to improve health care services and policies 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: Legislation to Deem People with Developmental Disabilities (DD) a Medically Underserved Population (Washington Update August 2, 2018)
On July 26, Representatives Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Gregg Harper (R-MS) introduced the Healthcare Extension and Accessibility for Developmentally Disabled and Underserved Population (HEADs UP) Act of 2018 (H.R. 6611). This bill would declare people with developmental...
Medicaid Waiver News: State Comment Periods (Washington Update August 2, 2018)
Resources on Medicaid work requirements The National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative (NDNRC) has compiled a bank of news and resources relating to Medicaid work-requirement waivers: Summary of Posts and Resources on Medicaid Work Requirements. A blog post...
Medicaid Resources (Washington Update August 2, 2018)
Medicaid and CHIP Provide Health Coverage for Many School-Age Children, Yet Gaps Remain--a New Report from the Georgetown Center on Children and Families A new report from the Georgetown Center on Children and Families (CCF) -- Medicaid and CHIP Provide Health...
Affordable Care Act (ACA) News and Resources (Washington Update August 2, 2018)
Administration Issues Final Rule on “Short-Term, Limited-Duration” Plans On August 1, the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, Department of Labor, and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule on “short-term, limited-duration”...
TRICARE: Stay Covered After Age 21 with TRICARE Young Adult (Washington Update August 2, 2018)
Stay Covered After Age 21 with TRICARE Young Adult (TRICARE Benefits Update, 7/25/18): “Have you recently graduated from college, but you haven't found your dream job yet? Or did you just turn 21, and you're not enrolled in college? If you're worried about your health...