Serving Bates, Benton, Cedar, Henry, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair & Vernon Counties
NEWS
CYSHCN Presenation is available to the public community!
The Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program at Henry County health Center is now
offering presentation to the communities. Our program not only provides service in Henry County
but serves Bates, Benton, Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair and Vernon Counties .
We welcome the public to request a presentation of our program. We would be
happy to come to your organization to show our information.
For contact information, you can call Mary Chapa (660)885-8193.
Or
you can send an email to chapam@lpha.mopublic.org
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The CYSHCN Program (Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs) provides
assistance statewide for children birth to age twenty-one who meet medical and/or financial eligibility guidelines.
The Program focuses on early identification and service coordination of children with special health care needs and their
family. For the purposes of this Program, children with special health care needs are those children who have, or are
at increased risk for, a disease, defect, or medical condition that may hinder the achievement of normal physical growth and
development.
Service coordination facilitates, implements, coordinates, monitors and evaluates services and outcomes, and encourage
participants/families to develop skills needed to function at their maximum level of independence.
The Program provides two primary services:
1. Program service coordination, which includes:
- Outreach activities and early identification of participants,
- Eligibility determination,
- Assessment of needs,
- Coordination of services through resource identification and referral,
- Family support,
- Service plan development/implementation,
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Transition to community-based services
2. Supplemental funding for services which may include:
- Doctor and specialist visits
- Hospitalization
- Therapies
- Prescription Drugs
- Durable Medical Equipment
Service Coordinator covers the following counties: Bates, Benton, Cedar,
Henry, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair and Vernon Counties
Eligibility Requirements:
Be a resident of the State of Missouri
Be under the age of 21 (twenty one)
Have an eligible special health care need, and
Meet financial guidelines for supplemental funding
Contact for information:
Nancy McCloud
Special Health Care Needs
Service Coordinator
306 S 2nd Street
Clinton, MO. 64735
660-885-8193
1-866-885-7997
For more information about the Missouri Special Health Care Needs Program:
Link to enrollment form. Print and mail to: BYSHCN, 306 South 2nd Street, Clinton, MO 64735 or email to mcclon@lpha.mopublic.org
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