Massachusetts Family-to-Family Health Information Center
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Funding for this project is provided by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs.
GOALS: To assist families in making informed choices about care for their children and youth with special health care needs so they will be:
- More knowledgeable about health care services and supports
- Better able to access services and supports
- More satisfied with the services their child and family receives
- More effective partners in decisionmaking with health care providers, other providers, systems of care, and with policy makers
- Better advocates
About Mass FV
The Massachusetts Family-to- Family Health Information Center is a project of Mass Family Voices @ Federation for Children with Special Needs.
Massachusetts Family Voices is a state chapter of Family Voices, a national, grassroots organization of families, friends and professional partners brought together by a common concern for children and youth with special health care needs.
The Massachusetts Family-to- Family Health Information Center is a project of Mass Family Voices @ Federation for Children with Special Needs.
Massachusetts Family Voices is a state chapter of Family Voices, a national, grassroots organization of families, friends and professional partners brought together by a common concern for children and youth with special health care needs.
SERVICES: The Family-to-Family Health Information Center:
- Provides free technical assistance about health care, public benefits and other health care financing options
- Provides referrals to programs designed to help children & youth with special health needs remain in the community
- Provides other resources as requested
- Maintains a webpage with a calendar of events, workshop catalogue, resources and other announcements
- Conducts workshops about public benefits
- Partners with other grassroots parent organizations throughout the state to create opportunities for parent/professional partnerships
- Collaborates with others to address barriers to health care and participates in opportunities to improve systems of care for children and youth with special health care needs.
SUPPORTS: The Family-to-Family Health Information Center:
- Hosts the annual Joining Voices Conference, a day of networking and learning for families with children & youth with special health needs
- Hosts Topical Conference Calls about health care services and supports so families have alternative learning opportunities
- Runs a statewide listserv where families with children & youth with special health needs and their professional partners can share information and resources, ask questions and learn from each other’s collective expertise.
CONTACT US: Call 1-800-331-0688, ext. 210 or email massfv@fcsn.org or visit ww.massfamilyvoices.org.