Family Section

Family Advisory Council

Children's Special Health Services supports a nine member Family Advisory Council that meets four times each year. This council is the primary way that CSHS assures family involvement in program and policy. Families advise staff about services for children with special health care needs and their families.

Family Advisory Council Minutes

• November 17, 2012 (33kb pdf)
• August 2012 Family Advisory Council meeting was not held.
• May 5, 2012 (53kb pdf)
• March 10, 2012 (53kb pdf)
• November 19, 2011 Addendum (24kb pdf)
• November 19, 2011 (13kb pdf)

Family Handbook

• CSHS Family Handbook for Diagnostic & Treatment Services (539kb pdf)

Family Information and Support Services

CSHS funds two service contracts that support information, training, and support activities on behalf of families. Information is available through the following links:

• Family Voices
  • Family Voices of North Dakota Care Notebook (729kb pdf)
  • Family Voices of North Dakota Transition Notebook (75 page pdf)
  • Family Voices of North Dakota Listening & Responding Report (1.1Mb pdf)
  • Family Voices of North Dakota Listening & Responding at a Glance (174kb pdf)
• KASA Newsletter
• ND Parent to Parent

Family Newsletter

Family Newsletters
Family Matters January 2013 (543kb pdf)	Family Matters Newsletter
Family Matters May 2012 (201kb pdf)	Family Matters Newsletter
Family Matters October 2011 (201kb pdf)	Family Matters Newsletter
Family Matters Summer 2011 (243kb pdf)	Family Matters Newsletter

Training Opportunities

• Family Voices, “Parent Leadership Institute"

 

For more information, please contact Children's Special Health Services at:

Children's Special Health Services
North Dakota Department of Health
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 301
Bismarck, ND 58505-0200
Phone: 701.328.2436
Toll Free: 800.755.2714
TTY: 800.366.6888
Fax: 701.328.1645
dohcshsadm@nd.gov