Medical Homes in Missouri

Medical Home Initiatives
This section provides information on state medical home initiatives/programs.

Missouri Medical Home Contact:

Name: Gary Harbison, Chief, Bureau of Special Health Care Needs
Address: PO Box 570, Jefferson City, MO  65102
Phone: 573/751-6246 | Fax: 573/751-6237 | E-mail: Gary.Harbison@dhss.mo.gov

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.

State Implementation Grant (D70) for Improving Systems of Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) - Abstract
Grantee: Curators, University of Missouri on behalf of UMKC
Grant Period: 2008-2011
Program Director: Michelle K Reynolds
Phone: 816/235-1759 | E-mail: mreynoldsmc@umkc.edu

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

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Chapter

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.

MCH Contact:
Melinda Sanders, Title V Director
Address: PO Box 570, Jefferson City, Missouri 65102
Phone: 573/751-6235 | Fax: 573/526-5347 | E-mail: melinda.sanders@dhss.mo.gov

Title V CSHCN Program - Children with Special Health Care Needs Contact:
Name: Gary Harbison, Chief, Bureau of Special Health Care Needs
Address: PO Box 570, Jefferson City, MO  65102
Phone: 573/751-6246 | Fax: 573/751-6237
Web site

Family Voices of Missouri, Inc. (FVMO)
FVMO shares information and resources with families of CYSHCN and the professionals who serve them in a variety of ways such as: listservs and web based information; newsletters and brochures; state, academic, public and private agency development; and family and professional leadership training on federal and state policy, family advocacy and partnering, child and family development, cultural diversity and competency, working with families and CYSHCN, child abuse and neglect prevention, and physical, mental and oral health.

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, link newborns to a medical home and strive to eliminate geographic and financial barriers to service access.

EHDI Contact:
Name: Catherine Harbison
Address: PO Box 570, Jefferson City, MO  65102
Phone: 573/751-6266 | Fax: 573/751-6185 | E-mail: catherine.harbison@dhss.mo.gov

Section 619/ Preschool Grants Program of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This program provides free appropriate public education (FAPE) for children, ages 3 through 5 years, with disabilities:

Section 619/IDEA Contact:
Name: Pam Williams, Coordinator
Phone: 573/751-2965 | Fax: 573/526-4404 | E-mail: Pam.Williams@dese.mo.gov
Web Site

First Steps - Early Intervention/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.

First Steps Contact:
Name: CJ Hubbard, Coordinator
Phone: 866/583-2392 | Fax: 573/526-4404 | E-mail: webreplyspefs@dese.mo.gov
Web Site

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.

ICC Contacts:
Name: CJ Hubbard, Assistant Director
Phone: 866/583-2392 | Fax: 573/526-4404 | E-mail: webreplyspefs@dhss.mo.gov

Name: Wendy Witcig, ICC Co-Chair
Phone: 816/694-3384 | E-mail: wwitcig@trialityinc.org

Name: Carissa Mattern, ICC Co-Chair
Phone: 636/293-2471 | E-mail: mattern63367@yahoo.com

Resources/Documents
State Waiver Information
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:
Missouri Newborn Screening Program and Contact Information

Missouri Genetic Services and Contact Information

Newborn Screening and Genetics Collaborative – HRSA Region 5

State Resources on theInternet

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.

Last Updated January 7, 2010