www.fvindiana.org317-944 8982

info@fvindiana.org

INDIANAWho We Are

• Family Voices Indiana is the Family-to-Family Health Information Center for the state. Created in 2005, these centers are statewide, family-led organizations that provide information, education, training, outreach, and peer support to families of children and youth with special health care needs and the professionals who serve them.

INDIANAWhat we do

Family Voices helps other families improve, or learn more about:

• First Steps • Medicaid; Medicaid Waivers • Respite • Community supports and resources• Health Care Funding; Health Care Services and

many other things

INDIANAStatewide Support

INDIANAInformation

INDIANA Original fact sheets • Incontinence items with/without Medicaid • Medicaid Transportation• Accessing Medicaid Disability PA• Parenting a Child with a Disability • Travel with CYSHCN• Transition from First Steps• Medicaid Waiver Journey• Considerations for CYSHCN in the ACA marketplace• Funding Accessible Transportation• Grandparents raising CYSHCNMore coming soon!

INDIANATrainings

To Your Child’s Health:• Navigating the Funding Maze• Filling the Funding Gaps• All Types of Medicaid• Health Care Transition and Financing after 18Medicaid WaiversStretching your Waiver DollarsSpecial Education Tools for Parents, including 7 Tweaks in 7 weeksDisability AwarenessFamily LeadershipCaregiver StressFunding Mental Health Care Notebooks

INDIANAWebquests

INDIANA

Building Family Leaders

Welcome to the Indiana Family Portal. This web-based training portal allows Indiana families to identify and develop leadership skills in their areas of interest so that Indiana families are empowered to lead, advocate

and engage as partners in their child's lives and the systems that serve their children. This leadership development program is brought to you through collaboration between the Health Services, Family Voices Indiana and Riley Child Development Center, along with the support of over 20 community partner agencies. This training format allows you to work through the leadership development exercises at your own pace. We know you will gain valuable insights into yourself as a leader by completing the training modules. To get started, you will spend some time exploring your leadership qualities. Your first step is to complete a leadership self assessment, so just have a seat on the bench to get started!

Parents As Leaders ©2012, Family Voices of Indiana adopts with permission from the University of Vermont and PACER Center ©2008

INDIANASupporting Families

Our most common call is from families getting a new diagnosis. We help them:• With their #1 priority (often respite or insurance)

and prioritize other needs• Apply for programs• Connect with support• Find reliable information

Their child is the same child s/he was before the diagnosis; we just have new ways to support the child

INDIANASystems and Services

We help families with understanding and applying for several state and federal programs: • First Steps• Medicaid • CSCHS• Medicaid Waivers• SSI• Vocational Rehabilitation

INDIANAWhere to Find Us

INDIANAStay Connected

• www.fvindiana.org• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FVIndiana/• http://fvindiana.blogspot.com/ • Family Voices Indiana or Voces de Familia de Indiana on

Facebook • Twitter @fvindiana and @FVIN_Espanol• Pinterest• Text messaging in English and Spanish• Info@fvindiana.org• 317 944 8982