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Title V California Children's Services 5-Year Needs Assessment
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Welcome to the homepage for the Title V CCS 5-Year Needs Assessment. This page provides a brief overview of the process, a listing of upcoming events, and links to pages with additional information. If you have any questions, please email FHOP.
About the Title V CCS 5-Year Needs Assessment
Title V-funded program are required to complete a needs assessment every 5 years. The Family Health Outcomes Project at UCSF will be facilitating the Needs Assessment Process over the next 11 months. The CCS Needs Assessment and Action Plan Goals are:
Within budget and legislative constraints, determine Action priorities to be addressed during FY 2010-2014
Identify the most important and potentially effective changes CCS can make to improve services for CCS-eligible children
More information is available in the slideshow presentations from the Kickoff Meeting.
Key informant interviews will be planned and conducted September through November. Focus groups will be planned and conducted October through December. Web-based surveys will be planned and conducted January through February. In March, a second stakeholder meeting will be convened to prioritize needs. There are many opportunities to participate, and we hope you will be involved!
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Stakeholder Kickoff Meeting, September 9, 2009, Sacramento, CA
The kickoff meeting was held September 9, in Sacramento. The needs assessment process was introduced and background information was presented. FHOP presented data from the National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs. In the afternoon, breakout groups discussed what works well and what are issues with the current CCS program. At the end of the meeting, participants had the opportunity to sign up for subcommittees.
The following materials are available from meeting:
Meeting Agenda, Participant List, Slideshow Presentations, Breakout Groups Summary
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Subcommittees
There are four subcommittees. Stakeholder subcommittees will provide input on instruments, respondents to recruit, data analyses and interpretation of results. The goal is to assess the needs of CCS families, providers, and programs, and to identify issues and successes. We encourage you to participate in one or more subcommittees. Please email FHOP about which subcommittee(s) you would like join and we will add you.
Key Informant Interviews
Focus Groups
Survey
Data Workgroup
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Calendar of Events
Upcoming Events:
Webinar with Laurie Soman, from CRISS, Date TBA
Webinar with Christy Bethell on California data from the National Survey of CSHCN, January Date TBA
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Other Processes Looking at Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs in California
Considerations for Redesign of the California Children's Services Program by Health Management Associates
Assessing the California Children's Services Program
Issue Brief from the California HealthCare Foundation, by Valerie Lewis.
The CCS Program: An Assessment of Policy Research Needs presentation prepared for the California HealthCare Foundation by Valerie Lewis
Developing an Ideal System of Care for Children with Special Health Care Needs Lucile Packard Foundation.
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Additional Materials and References
Background documents and reading materials
Links of interest
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