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).
We work with states and stakeholder groups to identify strategies to:
On April 18, 2013, the California Assembly Health Committee and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health co-sponsored a briefing for lawmakers on how the state health care system works for children with special health care needs (CSHCN) and their families. As part of an expert panel, Meg Comeau, Catalyst Center Director, spoke about children with special health care needs in Medi-Cal and the Exchange. Watch what Meg told them.
Public Insurance Programs and Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Tutorial on the Basics of Medicaid and CHIP
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.
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.
