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Maternal Child Health Core Outcomes

Programs through FCCS serve as constructs and supports for New Jersey’s efforts to address the Six Maternal Child Health Bureau Core Outcomes for CYSHCN 

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Special Needs

Family Centered Care Services (FCCS)

 

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): Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs ages birth through 21 years
  • Fee-For-Service Program: Financial Assistance for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs ages birth through 21 years
  • 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

State Administrator Contact

Dawn Mergen, RN
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: Dawn.Mergen@doh.nj.gov

 

 

Last Reviewed: 5/5/2023