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The California Children’s Services (CCS) Program, established in 1927, is a partnership between state and counties that provides medical case management for children in California diagnosed with serious chronic diseases.〔Department of HealthCare Services. California Children’s Services Program Overview. Retrieved from http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/ccs/Pages/ProgramOverview.aspx〕〔Lewis V. Assessing the California Children Services Program. California Healthcare Foundation. 2009. Retrieved from http://www.chcf.org/publications/2009/08/assessing-the-california-childrens-services-program〕 It provides services to more than 165,000 children in California.〔 ==History== Title V of the Social Security Act was passed in an effort to support states who pledged to improve child and maternal health and welfare.〔Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. About Title V. Retrieved from http://www.amchp.org/abouttitlev/Pages/default.aspx〕 This act has been modified, but its goal of serving children and women has remained the same.〔〔California Department of Health Services. California Five Year Needs Assessment for the Maternal and Child Health Services Title V Block Grant Program. Retrieved from http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/mcah/Documents/MO-TitleV-NeedsAssessment.pdf〕 *Remains the only federal program that emphasizes the need of improving the health of children and mothers. *Funds services that complement those provided through the state’s medical assistance programs such as Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).〔 *Three specific groups are targeted through the Title V block grant: * *Pregnant women and infants less than 1 year of age; * *Children between 1 to 21 years of age; and * *Children with special health care needs (CSHCN).〔〔 About 15% of California’s CSHCN receive specialty care through the CCS program. Nearly 150,000 children annually receive care through the CCS program and about 80% are Medi-Cal beneficiaries.〔Inkelas M, Ahn P, Larson K. Access to Health Care for California’s Children with Special Health Care Needs. UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities (2001). Retrieved from http://www.healthychild.ucla.edu/PUBLICATIONS/Documents/Chartbook.pdf〕〔Inkelas M, Samson K. Specialty Health Care for Children in the Los Angeles California Children’s Services Program (CCS). 2005. UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities. Retrieved from http://www.healthychild.ucla.edu/CCS%20Survey%20report%20final%20revised%20(2).pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「California Children's Services」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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