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¿Qué puede hacer por mí la Administración de Servicios Personalizada
¿Qué puede hacer por mí la Administración de Servicios Personalizada? (What Can the Personal Care Services (PCS) Program Do for Me?)
La Administración de Servicios es una opción. Si Usted opta por la Administración de Servicios , tendrá un equipo de Administración de Servicios que le ayudará a planificar su atención médica y coordinar los servicios de apoyo que Usted necesita.
Categories: Spanish, Special Healthcare Needs
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ACCESS North Carolina: A Vacation and Travel Guide for People with Accessibility Needs
ACCESS North Carolina will be useful for planning vacations, weekend getaways, visits to local sites, school field trips, conferences, relocation, health and wellness activities or any type of trip. In addition to benefitting people with disabilities, the information in ACCESS North Carolina can also benefit people who are aging and parents with child and infant strollers
Categories: General, Inclusion, Special Healthcare Needs
Adult Disability Starter Kit
Adult Disability Starter Kit
This kit will help you get ready for your Social Security disability interview or online application at: www.ssa.gov/apply. It contains: a checklist, optional worksheet and fact sheet.
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
Asthma Tier Document 2-2024
Asthma Tiered Document - North Carolina Chronic Condition Prevention and Management in Schools
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
Behavioral Health Tier Document 2-2024
Behavioral Health Tiered Document - North Carolina Chronic Condition Prevention and Management in Schools
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
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CAP/C Application Checklist
In order to apply for the CAP/C Waiver, view this checklist for step-by-step instructions from Advocates for Medically Fragile Kids NC
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
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Care Notebook
A fillable tool for organizing a child's health care information.
Categories: Communication, General, Special Healthcare Needs
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Care Notebook - Spanish
Una Herramienta para Organizar la Información de Salud de un Niño
Categories: Communication, General, Spanish, Special Healthcare Needs
F2F Flyer - Spanish
Centro de Información de Salud de Familia a Familia (F2F) de Carolina del Norte (North Carolina Family-to-Family (F2F) Health Information Center)
Además de ayudar a las familias a comprender el sistema de educación especial, también nos especializamos en ayudar a las familias a orientarse dentro del sistema de salud de Carolina del Norte.
Categories: Spanish, Special Healthcare Needs
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Charting the LifeCourse: Integrated Supports Star
This document is part of the Charting the LifeCourse set of tools. Visit https://www.lifecoursetools.com/ for examples on how to use this tool, and explore other tools.
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs, Transition to Adulthood, Transitions
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Charting the LifeCourse: Life Domain Vision Tool - Family Perspective
This document is part of the Charting the Life Course set of tools. Visit https://www.lifecoursetools.com/ for examples on how to use this tool, and explore other tools.
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs, Transition to Adulthood, Transitions
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Charting the LifeCourse: Person Centered - Life Vision
This document is part of the Charting the LifeCourse set of tools. Visit https://www.lifecoursetools.com/ for examples on how to use this tool, and explore other tools.
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs, Transition to Adulthood, Transitions
Diabetes Tier Document 2-2024
Diabetes Tiered Document - North Carolina Chronic Condition Prevention and Management in Schools
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
Tip Sheet 2 - (Mandarin Chinese) Unwinding Appealing a Denial
Fact Sheet: Appealing a Medicaid Denial (Chinese)
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
Tip Sheet 2 - (Spanish) Unwinding Appealing a Denial
Fact Sheet: Appealing a Medicaid Denial (Spanish)
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
Fact Sheet: Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) is the federal law (44 CFR Subpart B) that states that Medicaid must provide all medically necessary health care services to Medicaid-eligible children under the age of 21. Even if a service is not covered under the NC Medicaid State Plan, it can be covered for beneficiaries under 21 years of age if the service is listed in 1905(a) of the Social Security Act and if all EPSDT criteria are met.
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Fact Sheet: Seasonal Affective Disorder
Many people go through short periods when they feel sad or unlike their usual selves. Sometimes, these mood changes begin and end when the seasons change. Many people feel “down” or have the “winter blues” when the days get shorter in the fall and winter and feel better in the spring when longer daylight hours return.
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
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Fact Sheet: SSI vs SSDI
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Supplemental Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs, Transition to Adulthood
Fact Sheet- Tailored Care Management
Fact Sheet: Tailored Care Management (TCM)
Tailored Care Management (TCM) is a new care management model that began Dec. 1, 2022, for eligible NC Medicaid beneficiaries. With TCM, eligible beneficiaries have a single designated care manager, supported by a multidisciplinary team, to provide integrated care management to address the beneficiary’s whole-person health needs.
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
F2F Flyer - English & Spanish
Family-to-Family (F2F) Health Information Center Fact Sheet (English)
In addition to helping families navigate the special education system, ECAC also specializes in helping families navigate health related systems in NC.
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): SSA, SSI, and SSDI
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
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Frequently Asked Questions: Affordable Care Act Eligibility for DACA Recipients
People with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) will be able to enroll in health coverage via Affordable Care Act marketplaces for the first time starting November 1, 2024. This FAQ answers key questions that DACA recipients may have about the enrollment process and addresses other concerns.
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
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GUIA PARA LA FAMILIA: TRANSICIÓN DE UN MODELO PEDIÁTRICO DE SERVICIOS DE SALUD A UNO CENTRADO EN ADULTOS (Family Guide: Transitioning from a Pediatric to an Adult Health Care Model)
Got Transition, su Grupo Asesor Nacional Familiar y la colaboración de padres líderes de habla hispana de Family Voices, han desarrollado un conjunto de herramientas para ayudar y guiar a las familias en la transición de sus jóvenes en los servicios de salud pediátricos a los de adulto. Esta guía es para familias e incluye recursos en español fáciles de usar para ayudar a jóvenes y familias a ser más independientes en su cuidado de su salud y el uso de los servicios de salud. Los recursos incluyen un programa de transición, preguntas para hacerle a su proveedor, lo que significa cumplir 18 años para su salud y más.
Categories: Spanish, Special Healthcare Needs, Transition to Adulthood
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Health Care Transition Readiness Assessment for Students
This health care transition readiness assessment is intended for students and their family/caregivers to compete as part of IEP transition planning meetings. If a student is unable to fill out this form, the student can complete it with the help of their family/caregiver
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs, Transition to Adulthood
F2F Newsletter Jan 2023
Health Online: A Quarterly Disability and Health Newsletter (January 2023)
Brought to you by ECAC and NC's Family-to-Family (F2F) Health Information Center
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
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Health Online: A Quarterly Disability and Health Newsletter (July 2022)
A newsletter from ECAC, North Carolina's Family-to-Family (F2F) Health Information Center
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
F2F Newsletter Oct 2022
Health Online: A Quarterly Disability and Health Newsletter (October 2022)
A newsletter from ECAC, North Carolina's Family-to-Family (F2F) Health Information Center
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
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How NC Medicaid Eligibility Recertification Works
Medicaid recertification (renewal) is the way your information is reviewed to make sure you are still eligible for Medicaid health coverage. It is also called eligibility redetermination, renewal, ex-parté review or case review (all mean the same thing).
Categories: Medicaid and Medicaid Waivers, Special Healthcare Needs
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Independent Living Toolkit
This guide is intended to provide resources for housing and independent living for people with IDD in North Carolina.
Categories: Housing-Residential Options, Special Healthcare Needs
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Medical Condition/Clinical Diagnosis vs. Special Education Eligibility & Identification
Parents are often surprised to learn that their child’s medical condition or diagnosis, such as Autism, Dyslexia, Hearing Loss or muscle related disorders does not automatically qualify them for an Individualized Education Program (IEP). Understanding the differences between a medical diagnosis and an educational determination of eligibility for special education services can help families become better advocates for their children.
Categories: IEP, Special Education, Special Healthcare Needs
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Moving to a Medicaid Tailored Plan?
Call your Tailored Plan to make sure your doctors and specialists are in your network. Tailored Plans are a new kind of Medicaid health plan. If you got a welcome packet and new health plan ID card from Alliance, Partners, Trillium or Vaya, you have a Tailored Plan
Categories: Medicaid and Medicaid Waivers, Special Healthcare Needs
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Navigating Chronic Conditions in Out-of-School Time
Resources and implementation tools
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
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NC Medicaid Managed Care County Playbook Reference Guide: Contacts for Beneficiaries
With NC Medicaid Managed Care comes the introduction of new points of contact for beneficiaries, such as the NC Medicaid Enrollment Broker and health plans
Categories: Medicaid and Medicaid Waivers, Special Healthcare Needs
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NC Plan of Care/Individualized Healtcare Plan Template
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
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Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Services - NC Medicaid Tailored Plan.
This service is for people with NC Medicaid to help them get to their medical and mental health appointments. This includes people on the Tailored Plan, a kind of Medicaid health plan. Accessible rides are also available
Categories: Medicaid and Medicaid Waivers, Special Healthcare Needs
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Removal and Replacement of Guardian Packet - Disability Rights North Carolina
This packet provides a list of actions that are grounds for petitioning the Clerk for removal and replacement of the ward’s guardian
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs, Transition to Adulthood
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Sample Goals for the Health Care Transition Readiness Assessment for Students with an IEP
If a student has responded “No” or “I want to learn” to any of the items on the Health Care Transition Readiness Assessment, use the following sample goals as a guide when creating goals in the IEP transition plan.
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs, Transition to Adulthood
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Seguridad de Ingreso Suplementario vs Seguro por Incapacidad del Seguro Social (Supplemental Security Income (SSI) vs. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI))
Categories: Spanish, Special Healthcare Needs
Seizure Tier Document 2-2024
Seizure Tiered Document – North Carolina Chronic Condition Prevention and Management in Schools
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
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Servicios de Medicaid 1915(i) en el hogar y comunidad (1915(i) Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services)
El nuevo plan de “servicios 1915(i)” de NC Medicaid te ayuda a llevar una vida más independiente en tu hogar y comunidad, y le brinda el apoyo necesario a tus cuidadores. Son servicios para personas con enfermedades mentales graves, trastorno grave por uso de sustancias, lesiones cerebrales traumáticas o discapacidad intelectual o del desarrollo.
Categories: Spanish, Special Healthcare Needs
Severe Allergy Tier Document 2-2024
Severe Allergy Tiered Document – North Carolina Chronic Condition Prevention and Management in Schools
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
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Social Security Administration: Overpayments
Information from the Social Security Administration about overpayments and what you should do if you receive an overpayment notice.
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
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Special Needs Trust
A Special Needs Trust is a type of trust. It is for someone with a disability. This type of trust gives people with disabilities income. It lets them have this income while keeping their needs-based public benefits. (This may be Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and/or Medicaid benefits.)
Categories: Financial Planning, Special Healthcare Needs
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Staffing Healthcare in Schools
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
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Transporte gratuito de ida y vuelta paratus citas médicas cubiertas por Medicaid (Free Round-Trip Transportation to Your Medicaid-Covered Medical Appointments)
Los servicios de transporte médico que no es de emergencia (NEMT por sus siglas en inglés) están cubiertos por tu Tailored Plan (Plan personalizado) de NC Medicaid.
Categories: Spanish, Special Healthcare Needs
Trastorno afectivo estacional
Trastorno Afectivo Estacional (Seasonal Affective Disorder)
Muchas personas pasan por períodos cortos en los que se sienten tristes o un poco diferentes de lo normal. A veces, estos cambios en el estado de ánimo comienzan y terminan cuando cambian las estaciones. Muchas personas se sienten “decaídas” cuando los días se acortan en el otoño y el invierno (que también se conoce como “tristeza invernal”) y se sienten mejor en la primavera, cuando vuelve a haber más horas de luz natural.
Categories: Spanish, Special Healthcare Needs
Autism Cartoon - English
Understanding the Spectrum - a Comic Strip Explanation
Categories: Advocacy, Autism, Special Healthcare Needs
Family Voices en Español Flyer
Voces de las Familias (Family Voices)
The online magazine was developed in collaboration with family leaders from across the country and is available in Spanish and English. Learn from families like yours who are making a difference in their communities for children and youth with special health care needs. La revista en línea ha sido creada en colaboración con líderes familiares de todo el país y está disponible en español e inglés. Conozca otras familias como la suya quienes hacen la diferencia trabajando en sus comunidades con las familias de niños y jóvenes con necesidades especiales de la salud.
Categories: Spanish, Special Healthcare Needs
What Can Tailored Care Management Do for Me
What Can Tailored Care Management Do For Me?
Care Management is a choice. If you choose care management, you will have a care management team to help you plan medical care and coordinate supports and services in your life.
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs
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Your Student Has a Bleeding Disorder...Now What?
Categories: Special Healthcare Needs