Autism Awareness:
Partnership for Change
The Children with
Special Health Care Needs program applied for and was awarded a
three year, $900,000 competitive state autism awareness implementation grant from
the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
Autism Awareness: Partnership
for Change (PDF, 87KB) is funded September 1, 2008 through
August 31, 2011.
The intent of
this project is to raise awareness and improve access to quality, comprehensive,
coordinated, community-based systems of health care and
related services for children and youth with autism spectrum
disorder and other
developmental disabilities.
Grant activities will build upon
11 of the Autism
Task Force's 31 recommendations (PDF, 69KB) that fall under the
Department of Health scope of work, the national
Combating Autism Act of
2006, and the six national
Children with Special Health Care
Needs Performance Measures (PDF, 75KB).
Three
areas of focus:
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Engage and
empower new stakeholders, building on the
Autism Task Force
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Coordinate
training to providers and families; and
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Impact
existing benefit systems for children with special health
care needs,
particularly
those with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities.
Population
group served:
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Children and
youth with ASD and other developmental disabilities,
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Families of
children with ASD and other developmental disabilities,
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Primary care
providers, pediatricians, nurses, psychologists, therapists,
and ASD
sub-specialists;
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Twenty-one
Medical Home Leadership Network teams;
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State
agencies, and
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Local
community care coordinators and autism related family
support organizations.
Key Partners &
Stakeholders:
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Former
Autism Task Force Members
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Leadership
Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities program
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Medical Home
Leadership Network
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Family Support Organizations,
such as
Parent to Parent
and
The
Fathers Network
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Autism support
organizations such as the
Autism Society of Washington and other organizations
that support children such as
Washington State Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
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State Agencies, such as
Department Social & Health Services,
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction,
University of Washington Center on Human Development and Disability,
Washington
State Developmental
Disabilities Council,and
the
Office of the Education Ombudsman.
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Autism service
centers such as
Seattle Children’s
Hospital,
University of Washington Autism Center,
Mary Bridge Children's Hospital,
and
Children's Village
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Providers—Pediatricians, Psychologists,
Therapists, Care Coordinators, and School
Nurses
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Washington State Legislators
Washington Awarded
Second Autism Grant
During the
same time period that the Department of Health was awarded the state
implementation grant, the
Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related
Disabilities (LEND) program at the University of
Washington also applied for and was awarded the Federal Combating Autism
Act state expansion grant.
The Department of Health has partnered
with LEND to co-facilitate the Combating
Autism Advisory Council which is tasked with guiding the work of
both grants.
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