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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- IDA Policy Action Request: 2nd Round of Calls Needed Now
- New Webinars 5/22 and 5/29
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- 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
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- As National Work & Family Month Begins, National Family Voices Celebrates the Work of Special Parent Heroes
November 12, 2012
NEW ARCHIVED WEBINAR: What You Need to Know about Changes to MediCal and Healthy Families for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
This webinar presented the important changes in access to health and mental health services that will affect children with special health care needs who have health insurance through MediCal and Healthy Families programs. These are issues that families need to know, since they may impact your child’s services.
Presented by Dr. Renee Wachtel, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician . Dr. Wachtel has been caring for children with developmental disabilities and behavioral issues for many years, and serves as chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (Chapter 1) Committee on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics and chair of the Bay Area Autism Consortium.
Go to our archives page to download a video of the presentation.