Minnesota Children and Youth with Special Health Needs (MCYSHN)
Programmatic/Organizational Information
Program Vision: Ongoing Improvement of Community-Based Systems Serving Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) and Their Families
Program Mission: Provide statewide leadership through partnerships with key stakeholders including families, children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN), providers, public health and other state and/or community organizations for the purpose of improving the access and quality of, health care and other service systems that are designed to meet the needs of CYSHCN and their families.
- Minnesota Children and Youth with Special Health Needs (MCYSHN) Program Fact Sheet
- Minnesota Children and Youth with Special Health Needs (MCYSHN) Program A Summary of Activities and Results
- MCYSHN is a section within the Community Family Health Division of the Minnesota Department of Health.
- Definition of Children with Special Health Needs - the Maternal and Child Health Bureau's definition of Children with special Health Needs.
- Children with Special Health Needs - Population Overview Fact Sheet
The Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Advisory Task Force was created by the Minnesota Legislature in 1982 (Mn Stat 145.881) to advise (by reviewing and reporting to) the Commissioner of Health on:
- the health care needs of mothers and children throughout Minnesota;
- the type, frequency and impact of MCH services provided under existing MCH care programs administered by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH);
- program guidelines and criteria considered essential to providing an effective MCH care program to low-income populations and high risk persons and fulfilling the purposes of the state and federal MCH statutes;
- the use of federal and state MCH funds administered through MDH, including the award of MCH grant funds;
- priorities for funding the essential MCH services in statute; and
- the process to distribute, award, and administer the federal MCH block grant in Minnesota.
Federal Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant - Title V of the Social Security Act is one of the largest Federal block grant programs. It leads the nation in ensuring the health of all mothers, infants, children, adolescents, and children with special health care needs (CSHCN). As part of Minnesota's Title V MCH Block Grant activity requirements, the Minnesota Department of Health reports annually to the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) on activities and expenditures supported through this grant, progress made on performance measures, as well as plans for the coming year.
Minnesota's Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Information
Title V Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment Fact Sheets - Every five years every Title V Maternal and Child Health program must undertake a comprehensive needs assessment:
- to identify state MCH priorities for the next five years
- to arrange programmatic and policy activity around these priorities
- to develop state performance measures to monitor the success of their efforts
Federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau - The federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) provides funding and guidance through the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant to every state and territory in the nation to address concerns for the populations of children and adolescents; children and youth with special health care needs; and pregnant women, mothers, and infants.
Federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau: Concept and principles of family-centered care. Includes 1) a definition of family-centered care, 2) principles of family-centered care, 3) the role of cultural competence in family-centered care, 4) a definition of cultural/linguistic competence and 5) principles of cultural competence.
- Letter of Introduction from Dr. Merle McPherson, Director of the MCHB Division of Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs
- Concepts and principles of family-centered care
Maternal and Child Health Bureau 10 - Year Plan Six Achievable Goals
Maternal and Child Health History Resources:
- The Maternal and Child Health Library has posted on its Web site a new
resource, Maternal and Child Health History, which is available at http://www.mchlibrary.info/history.
This resource brings together documents and reports related to the history
of maternal and child health in the United States and health services for
children and families that are part of the Maternal and Child Health Library
Collection and also links to significant resources at other libraries
and federal agencies.
- MCH Timeline: History, Legacy and Resources for Education and Practice traces the history of maternal and child health in the U.S., provides in-depth modules on topics such as MCH 101, MCH Systems of Care, Infant Mortality and MCH Performance and Accountability, and allows you to search for topical areas of interest to you.