Program Description

New Jersey is committed to assisting families experiencing complex, long-term medical and developmental disabilities by helping them navigate systems of care. The FCCS program promotes access to care through early identification, referral to community-based, culturally competent services, and follow-up for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) from birth to early adulthood.

Services and Supports

Services and supports provided through FCCS include:

• Special Child Health Services Case Management Units (SCHS CMU): Resource and referral services for families of CYSHCN ages birth through 21 years
• Financial Assistance for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) also known as Fee-For-Service Program: In New Jersey CYSHCN who are uninsured or underinsured who cannot afford to purchase medically necessary items may apply for this service.
• Ryan White Part D, Family Centered HIV Care Network (RWPD): Infants birth to 2 years exposed to or with HIV, Children and Youth ages 2 through 24 years with HIV, low-income women (25 years and older) with HIV
• Specialized Pediatric Services Program: Pediatric specialty and sub-specialty services to families with CYSHCN

State Administrator Contact

Kourtney Pulliam, MPH
Interim Program Manager
Division of Family Health Services
Special Child Health Services-FCCS
P.O Box 364
Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0364
Phone: (609)-777-7778

Email:  Kourtney.Pulliam@doh.nj.gov