MCHB Seeks Comments on its Draft Blueprint for Change: Guiding Principles for Advancing the System of Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) and Families

In the fall of 2019, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) began working with a small group of CYSHCN experts and families to reexamine systems of care for CYSHCN and to identify priorities and opportunities that can advance those systems and improve outcomes. The result is a draft Blueprint that can inform programs and policy at the community, state, and federal levels in four key areas:   

• Health Equity 
• Access to Services and Supports 
• Family/Child Well-being and Quality of Life 
• Financing of Services 

MCHB invites public comments on the draft Blueprint and how this work can be operationalized at the community, state and federal levels. Please submit comments via email to CYSHCN@hrsa.gov and reference "CYSHCN Blueprint RFI" in the subject line.

The deadline to respond is Monday, November 30, 2020, by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.