Connecting your Needs Assessment with The Blueprint for Change: Access to Services

The following questions can help Title V CYSHCN programs approach their needs assessment process in alignment with The Blueprint for Change Access to Services principles.

For questions that align with other critical areas of the Blueprint, see Connecting your Needs Assessment with the Blueprint for Change.

Principle 1

All services and supports at the individual, family, community and provider levels are easy for families and professionals to navigate when, where and how they need them. (Principles and associated strategies are described in Guiding Principles for a System of Services for Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs and Their Families.)

Do CYSHCN and their families in our state/jurisdiction receive services that anticipate their needs and are they provided service options and guidance that includes a roadmap to care?

Area of Title V Needs Assessment
MCH Population Health and Wellbeing	Title V Program Capacity	Title V Program Partnerships, Collaboration and Coordination
✓

Critical Area of Blueprint
Health Equity	Family and Child Well-Being and Quality of Life	Access to Services	Financing of Services
		✓

Do CYSHCN and their families in our state/jurisdiction receive the appropriate accommodations* and technologies they need to access services and supports?

Area of Title V Needs Assessment
MCH Population Health and Wellbeing	Title V Program Capacity	Title V Program Partnerships, Collaboration and Coordination
✓

Critical Area of Blueprint
Health Equity	Family and Child Well-Being and Quality of Life	Access to Services	Financing of Services
✓	✓	✓	✓

Are population health approaches in our state/jurisdiction implemented to ensure equitable access to services and supports? †

Area of Title V Needs Assessment
MCH Population Health and Wellbeing	Title V Program Capacity	Title V Program Partnerships, Collaboration and Coordination
✓	✓

Critical Area of Blueprint
Health Equity	Family and Child Well-Being and Quality of Life	Access to Services	Financing of Services
✓		✓

Do public health programs in our state/jurisdiction connect and collaborate with stakeholders in the private sector to invest in and advance the system for CYSHCN and families?

Area of Title V Needs Assessment
MCH Population Health and Wellbeing	Title V Program Capacity	Title V Program Partnerships, Collaboration and Coordination
	✓	✓

Critical Area of Blueprint
Health Equity	Family and Child Well-Being and Quality of Life	Access to Services	Financing of Services
		✓

Are essential providers (e.g., public health, hospital systems, provider groups, and so on) in our state/jurisdiction available in communities where families live or via other service delivery technologies, e.g., telehealth?

Area of Title V Needs Assessment
MCH Population Health and Wellbeing	Title V Program Capacity	Title V Program Partnerships, Collaboration and Coordination
✓	✓

National Performance Measure
Medical Home	Transition	Bullying
✓

Critical Area of Blueprint
Health Equity	Family and Child Well-Being and Quality of Life	Access to Services	Financing of Services
✓		✓

Do service sectors in our state/jurisdiction support care models through regionalized specialty services, palliative care, and other approaches that serve the needs of children with medical complexity and their families?

Area of Title V Needs Assessment
MCH Population Health and Wellbeing	Title V Program Capacity	Title V Program Partnerships, Collaboration and Coordination
✓

National Performance Measure
Medical Home	Transition	Bullying
✓

Critical Area of Blueprint
Health Equity	Family and Child Well-Being and Quality of Life	Access to Services	Financing of Services
		✓

Principle 2

The workforce is trained to meet the needs of CYSHCN and their families, reflects the families and communities they serve and is culturally responsive.

Do training programs in our state/jurisdiction promote and incentivize opportunities for individuals, particularly those from underrepresented populations and/or with relevant lived experiences, to participate meaningfully in the development, implementation, and monitoring of services, policy, and research?

Area of Title V Needs Assessment
MCH Population Health and Wellbeing	Title V Program Capacity	Title V Program Partnerships, Collaboration and Coordination
✓	✓	✓

Critical Area of Blueprint
Health Equity	Family and Child Well-Being and Quality of Life	Access to Services	Financing of Services
✓		✓

Do we have innovative and alternative training programs in our state/jurisdiction that explore opportunities to ensure a diverse and inclusive workforce?

Area of Title V Needs Assessment
MCH Population Health and Wellbeing	Title V Program Capacity	Title V Program Partnerships, Collaboration and Coordination
	✓

National Performance Measure
Medical Home	Transition	Bullying
	✓

Critical Area of Blueprint
Health Equity	Family and Child Well-Being and Quality of Life	Access to Services	Financing of Services
✓	✓	✓

Principle 3

Service sectors increase the ability of CYSHCN and their families to access services by addressing administrative and other processes that hinder access.

Are eligibility criteria and enrollment processes for services and supports in our state/jurisdiction linked and streamlined across programs?

Area of Title V Needs Assessment
MCH Population Health and Wellbeing	Title V Program Capacity	Title V Program Partnerships, Collaboration and Coordination
✓

National Performance Measure
Medical Home	Transition	Bullying
✓

Critical Area of Blueprint
Health Equity	Family and Child Well-Being and Quality of Life	Access to Services	Financing of Services
		✓	✓

Are legal and other barriers eliminated to increase efficient data sharing and information across systems in our state/jurisdiction?

Area of Title V Needs Assessment
MCH Population Health and Wellbeing	Title V Program Capacity	Title V Program Partnerships, Collaboration and Coordination
✓	✓	✓

Critical Area of Blueprint
Health Equity	Family and Child Well-Being and Quality of Life	Access to Services	Financing of Services
		✓	✓

Does the information technology used in our state/jurisdiction, including virtual communication and data interoperability across service sectors, offer solutions to help decrease health disparities and improve access to preventive, chronic or routine care?

Area of Title V Needs Assessment
MCH Population Health and Wellbeing	Title V Program Capacity	Title V Program Partnerships, Collaboration and Coordination
✓

National Performance Measure
Medical Home	Transition	Bullying
✓

Critical Area of Blueprint
Health Equity	Family and Child Well-Being and Quality of Life	Access to Services	Financing of Services
✓		✓

Last Updated

07/16/2024

Source

American Academy of Pediatrics