The Children's Special Health Program 4/8/2010
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s Children's Special Health Program (CSHP) provides consultation, information, technical assistance and referral services for the families of children who have chronic illnesses and disabilities.
CSHP works with families, providers and communities to help establish and maintain a system of information, referral and follow-up services, promotes parent-to-parent support networks to ensure that all families have access to support services and health benefits counseling, and attempts to build systems of care in collaboration with other child/family efforts to link community-based health, social services and education agencies.
CSHP also provides medical and rehabilitative care coordination to uninsured children from birth to eighteen years of age in eight major diagnostic categories:
- Cardiac
- Craniofacial
- Neurologic
- Phenylketonuria (PKU)
- Plastic/Burn
- Cleft Lip/Palate
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Orthopedic
- Any combination of these categories
Children with qualifying medical conditions are most often referred to the CSHP program by hospitals and pediatricians or family physicians. The family must also be determined to have "no creditable insurance" to qualify for enrollment in CSHP. After an insurance determination has been made, the family will be contacted by CSHP's Care Coordinator to explain program enrollment or to be referred to other providers/programs.
How can I learn more about the Children’s Special Health Program?
To find out more information about this program, contact your local CSHP office.
Online, visit the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare’s web site. Click Here.
By phone, you can call the 2-1-1 Idaho CareLine by dialing 2-1-1 or 1-800-926-2588 to get the contact information of your local CSHP office.