Medical Homes in Alaska
This page is designed to keep you informed about events and activities
happening in Alaska that will help improve access to medical homes for
children with special health care needs (CSHCN).
Medical Home Initiatives
This section provides information on state medical home initiatives/programs.
States that are a part of the mentorship network will have a
"Promise to the State" which outlines how they will achieve
ensuring that all children have a medical home by 2010. This is based
on the Healthy People 2010 goals which is a 10 year action plan
to achieve and measure success for all CSHCN.
Alaska Medical Home Contact:
Name: Stephanie Birch RNC,BSN, MPH
MCH Title V and CSHCN Director
Contact: Phone: 907-334-2424 | Fax: 907-269-3465 | E-mail: Stephanie_Birch@health.state.ak.us
KEY STATE RESOURCE for Medical Home Initiatives: www.stonesoupgroup.org/
Related Grant Initiatives
This section provides information on current state
grants that are working on medical home initiatives. This includes the
grant abstract as well as key contacts for the grant.
No information is currently available for this category.
Partners in the State
This section provides information on who in the state (individuals
and agencies) are working together to create medical homes for children.
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Chapter:www.aapalaska.org
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter:
www.aafp.org/cgi-bin/chapterlookup.pl?chapter=ak
Title V CSHCN Program: www.hss.state.ak.us/dhcs/programs.htm
Title V Block Grant to States
Title V of the Social Security Act is one of the largest Federal block grant programs. It leads the nation in ensuring the health of all mothers, infants, children, adolescents, and children with special health care needs (CSHCN). Title V is administered by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) as part of the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Title V and Children with Special Health Care Needs
MCHB Objective: Support development and implementation of comprehensive, culturally competent, coordinated systems of care for the estimated 18 million U.S. children who have or are at risk for chronic physical, developmental, behavioral or emotional conditions and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally.
Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Contact(s):
State EHDI programs promote universal newborn hearing
screening, develop effective tracking and follow-up as a part of the public
health system, promote appropriate and timely diagnosis of the hearing
loss, prompt enrollment in appropriate Early Intervention, ensure a medical
home for all newborns and
strive to eliminate geographic and financial barriers to service access.
Name: Margaret Lanier Kossler; MPH, CHES
Contact: Phone: 907-269-3466 | Fax: 907-269-3465
Early Intervention/Infant Learning Program /Part C Coordinator:
The Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (Part C of
IDEA) is a federal grant program that assists states in operating a comprehensive
statewide program of early intervention services for infants and toddlers
with disabilities, ages birth through age 2 years, and their families.
Name: Erin Kinavey W., M.Ed.
Contact: Phone: (907) 269-3423| Fax: (907) 269-3465
Email: erin_Kinavey@health.state.ak.us | Fax: (907) 269-3465
Web site: www.hss.state.ak.us/gcdse/committees/EIC/default.htm
Section 619/Special Education for ages 3-5 Coordinators:
This program provides free appropriate public education (FAPE) for
children, ages 3 through 5 years, with disabilities.
Name: Sharon Schumacher, 619 Coordinator
Contact: Phone: (907) 465-2824 | Fax: (907) 465-2806
Email: sharon_schumacher@eed.state.ak.us
State Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC) Chairs:
The ICC advises appropriate agencies on the unmet needs in early childhood
special education and early intervention programs for children with disabilities,
assists in the development and implementation of policies that constitute
a statewide system, and assists all appropriate agencies in achieving
full participation, coordination, and cooperation for implementation of
statewide system.
Name: Arthur Walter
Contact: Phone: (907) 224-5221
Resources
ON-LINE RESOURCE GUIDE: Raising Children with
Special Health Care Needs (www.stonesoupgroup.org/recipe.htm)
State Waiver Information: www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidStWaivProgDemoPGI/08_WavMap.asp
Waivers are the result of a process that allows state Medicaid agencies
to apply for and receive permission from HCFA to provide services not
otherwise covered by Medicaid and/or to do so in ways not described by
the Social Security Act. Most Medicaid managed care programs require Waivers.
The Waivers, which can differ greatly, are known by their numbers (1115,
1119), or as home-and community-based, or as Katie Beckett Waivers.
Educational Initiatives
This section provides information on training initiatives on the
medical home. Some states will discuss their outreach projects in relation
to physicians, families, and the community.
No information is currently available for this category.
Screening
Initiatives
This section provides information on surveillance
and screening initiatives in the state.
State Newborn Screening & Genetics Programs:
genes-r-us.uthscsa.edu/resources.htm
- State Newborn Screening Program Links
- State Genetics Program Links
- Regional Genetics and Newborn Screening Collaborative Links
- Newborn Screening State Contact Fact Sheet
Family Corner
Early Hearing Detection & Intervention
(EHDI) Information for Parents:
Description of EHDI Program
www.medicalhomeinfo.org/screening/State/alaska.html
Family Voices: www.familyvoices.org/st/AK.htm
Partnering with professionals and families to advocate for health care
services that are family-centered, community-based, comprehensive, coordinated
and culturally competent.
Family Village: www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
A global community that integrates information, resources, and communication
opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities,
for their families, and for those that provide them services and support.
This site offers informational resources on specific diagnoses, communication
connections, adaptive products and technology,adaptive recreational activities,
education, worship, health issues, disability-related media and literature,
and much, much more!
NAMI of Alaska (National Voice of Mental Illness): nami-alaska.org/
Education, advocacy and support for persons with brain disorders (mental
illnesses) and their families.
Parents, Inc: www.parentsinc.org/
PARENTS is a partnership of Alaska families with disabilities that provides
support, training resources, and advocacy statewide.
The Association for Retarded Citizen (Arc) Family Resource Guide http://www.thearc.org/familyguide/alaska.doc
This guide is written for families raising children with mental retardation
and related developmental disabilities. It tells families about benefits,
supports and services in their state that might help their child.
State Resources on the Internet:
www.medicalhomeinfo.org/states/index.html#res
Note: The information provided on the state pages was submitted by the
state medical home teams.As this is not an exhaustive list, please let
us know if you have additions for your state resource page. You can contact
us at: medical home@aap.org.
http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/states/state
/alaska.html
Last Updated
August 10, 2006