North Dakota’s Family to Family Health Information and Education Center

F2FHIEC

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January 2019

FVND IS HOME TO ND PARENT TO PARENT AND THE FAMILY TO FAMILY HEALTH INFORMATION AND EDUCATION CENTER (F2FHIEC)


The FVND F2FHIEC and ND Parent to Parent:

  • Assist families as they navigate public and private systems, including health systems and insurance plans, public and private services for their children and youth having special challenges.
  • Provide assistance to families in accessing services and resources for their children and how to partner with providers and caregivers
  • Listen to families as they describe their encounters with systems and help guide them to possible solutions.
  • To work with families, health care providers, public and private agencies, and advocacy or support groups to promote family-centered care and medical homes for children with special health care needs.
  • To promote discussion and linkages among families, providers, and government to better serve the health care and related needs of children and families in North Dakota.
  • Developing, producing and disseminating educational and resource materials.
  • Technical assistance and workshops on health care financing and best practices for children with special health care needs, as well as ND Parent to Parent support trainings.
  • We provide support to families to have a voice in the design, development, implementation, and monitoring of health policies and programs for children and families.
  • Provide 1:1 emotional support and assistance; matching families to veteran parents.
  • We document family needs and family stories as a basis for policy planning and service implementation.

Family Voices of ND Health Information and Education Center is funded by a grant from the US Department of Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Project #1 H84MC07992-01-00) and the North Dakota Department of Health (Title V, Children’s Special Services) and Parent to Parent Project by ND State Council on Developmental Disabilities

Family Voices of North Dakota was awarded a grant from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau to increase our services to the families in North Dakota by establishing a Family-to-Family Health Information Center (F2FHIEC). F2F HICs  “Family To Family Health and Education Center”  were established in all States and the District of Columbia by the Family Opportunity Act / Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 extended the F2F HIC Program through fiscal year 2014.