OCSHCN Family Resource Coordinators collaborate with the health care system and community agencies to provide access to coordinated services throughout Arizona communities that will more effectively meet the needs of children and youth who have special health care needs and their families. The intent is to identify families where a child/youth has a special health care need, and offer services available in the community to assist with a variety of issues that might be facing the family. Children birth to 21 years of age, who present with a broad range of disabilities or chronic illnesses diagnosed at any time during childhood, including the prenatal period, may qualify for Family Resource Coordination through this program component. Such chronic conditions may necessitate adaptations, support, and or special services. Children and youth with special health care needs may require: Prolonged or periodic inpatient or outpatient hospitalizations that are longer than the average stay or with greater frequency than the general population Adaptations for daily living due to health related functional limitations A special level of expertise for treatment and/or services from multiple disciplines special services in educational settings Further information may be obtained by contacting the Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs at (602) 542-1860

Family Resource Coordination for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Family Resource Coordination for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)

Family Resource Coordination Policy and Procedure Manual (updated 9/9/07)

SFY 2008 TBI/SCI/CYSHCN Family Resource Coordination Compliance Calendar
[PDF 78K] (updated 9/9/07)

Resources for Families

Further information may be obtained by contacting the Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs at (602) 542-1860.