The Catalyst Center is a national center dedicated to improving health care coverage and financing for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN).

Slides now available from May 16 webinar: Understanding the Basics--Medicaid & CHIP and Building Partnerships Among Stakeholders

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We work with states and stakeholder groups to identify strategies to:

Cover more kids
Close benefit gaps.
Pay for additional services
Build capacity

We create publications and products, answer technical assistance questions, research innovative state-based financing strategies, guide stakeholders to outside resources, and connect those interested in working together to address complex health care financing issues.

A two-minute light-hearted intro to the Catalyst Center:

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The Catalyst Center is funded under cooperative agreement #U41MC13618 from the Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Lynda Honberg, MHSA, MCHB/HRSA Project Officer.

Many of the photos on this site were shared with us by Family Voices network members. Many thanks to the children, teens, young adults and parents who allowed us to include them on our site.

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