Founded in 1997, Family Voices of California (FVCA) is a statewide collaborative of locally-based parent run centers working to ensure quality health care for children and youth with special health care needs.
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- New Webinars 5/22 and 5/29
- New FDA Patient Network Website
- Settlement of IHSS Lawsuit will Prevent Devastating Cuts to Home Care Services
- April 2013 Webinar Recording: The Affordable Care Act and Exchange – What are the Specifics?
- Webinars for Autism Awareness Month
- 11th Annual Health Summit is another Success!
- November 2012 Webinar Recording: Changes to MediCal and Healthy Families
- October 2012 Webinar Recording
- As National Work & Family Month Begins, National Family Voices Celebrates the Work of Special Parent Heroes
- Bright Futures Family Pocket Guide, 2nd Edition now available!
September 19, 2012
Bright Futures Family Pocket Guide: Raising Healthy Infants, Children, and Adolescents, 2nd Edition from National Family Voices. Developed for families by families, in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and other professionals. The beautiful 164-page guide will provide families with:
- Information and encouragment for the roles families play every day in the health and well-being of their children
- Information about the importance of well child visits for all children, including children and youth with special health care needs
- Encouragement to speak up and to take active roles in their children's care
- Encouragement to form partnerships with other families and with professionals to improve policies, care, service,s and support for all children and families
- An overall framework for children's good health and insight into all those who contribute to it
- Current, comprehensive, succint information about child development
- Links to resources and further sources of information for children's good health
The booklet is $5/each, and available for purchase here: http://bit.ly/BrightFuturesFamilyPocketGuideorders