May 2003

• May 17-18th Pediatrician's Institute. / Chicago, IL
  The Pediatricians’ Title V CSCHN Institute trains approximately 30 selected pediatricians each year about the Title V program for children with special health care needs (CSHCN). The goal of the Institute is to interest pediatricians in becoming directly involved in the Title V CSHCN program in their home state and provide them with practical information on how to do so.

April 2004

• April 29th Healthy & Ready to Work and Medical Home Initiatives: “ A Meeting of the Minds.” 2004 Grantee Conference: Implementing Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs: Sustainability in a Changing Environment. Sponsored by The Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs/ Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Washington DC.

July 2004

• July 15-17th CATCH & Medical Home National Conference / Chicago, IL
  This unique 2-day conference held in beautiful downtown Chicago - was the perfect place to learn about Medical Homes and improving health care for children. Pediatricians, residents, health care professionals, state and federal public health employees, child advocates, other professionals and family representatives dedicated to working with children, including those with special health care needs, were in attendance. Participants learned about practical strategies to provide Medical Homes and improve access to health care; asset-based community development; assessing quality improvement; screening and surveillance; coalition building and successful models of care from community-based initiatives around the world. A pre-conference workshop was also offered on "social capital" - the processes between people which establish networks, norms and social trust, and facilitate coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit and improved health.
  
  
• July 18th Medical Home Grantee Meeting / Chicago, IL
  During this one-day meeting, participants had the opportunity to network with medical home state, community, and practice teams, learn how to sustain quality improvement initiatives, and establish collaborations with critical partners. Updates form the Medical Home Mentorship Network were provided as well as the opportunity to share lessons learned on how to incentivize practices to increase their medical homeness? and how to sustain/spread medical home initiatives
  

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