Family to Family Centers provide information and other supports both to family members and to professionals who serve children and youth with special health care needs. This topic paper highlights innovative strategies developed by individual Family to Family Centers to develop partnerships to expand their reach, to enhance outreach to parents, to serve a culturally diverse clientele, to help youth prepare for transition, and to ensure organizational sustainability. 

Eiken, Steve; Galantowicz, Sara; Stubbs, Amanda 

Transition Planning; Stakeholder Involvement; Maternal Child Health; Information and Referral; Family2Family; Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs; Advocacy; Developing Partnerships to Increase Organizational Capacity and Outreach; Enhancing Communication with Families; Serving Culturally Diverse Audiences; Facilitating the Transition to Adulthood; Ensuring Sustainability through Multiple Funding Sources 

Children and Family Services, Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities, Resource Center, Single Point of Entry/No Wrong Door, Sustainability 

Promising practices, Reports 

Thomson Reuters (formerly Medstat) 

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, All States/Territories 

07/24/2006 

Steve Eiken

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