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HRSA/MCHB – CYSHCN Definition

Since MCHB began the Healthy & Ready to Work initiative in 1996, the terminology youth with special health care needs (YSHCN) and children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) has been used.

HRSA/MCHB – Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)

MCHB defines CYSHCN as those who have or are at risk for chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions who require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by CY generally.
[McPherson, M., et al. (1998). A New Definition of Children with Special Health Care Needs. Pediatrics. 102(1);137-139. www.pediatrics.org/search.dtl]

 

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The HRTW Center is headquartered at the Maine State Title V CSHN Program. Activities are coordinated through the Maine Support Network's Center for Self-Determination, Health and Policy. The Center is funded through a cooperative agreement (U39MC06899-01-00) from the Integrated Services Branch, Division of Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs (DSCSHN) in the Federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Elizabeth McGuire, HRSA/MCHB Project Officer.