tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37844838064217096382011-07-30T22:33:05.667-07:00Syntirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07298014734206887798noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3784483806421709638.post-80646586669701362672009-08-26T10:50:00.000-07:002009-08-26T10:56:15.938-07:00Welcome to the YAC blog. Just what is a YAC, you ask? Well it stands for Youth Advisory Council. Here in Maine, we think youth are pretty important. We think they have a right to make their own decisions, or at least have information available to them. Please feel free to use this blog as a place for discussions about your health care, work experiences, school experiences, anything you want to share!<br /><br />The Maine YAC is a part of a grant from the government called Integrated Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs in Maine. Here are the Goals &amp; Objectives, you can also find out more about IS on the website - <a href="http://www.servicesforme.org/">www.servicesforme.org</a>.<br /><br /><ul><li><strong>Goal 1:</strong><br />Youth with special health care needs and their families will collaborate in decision making at all levels and will be satisfied with the services they receive.</li><li><strong>Goal 2:</strong><br />All children and youth with special health care needs will receive coordinated, ongoing, comprehensive care within a medical home.</li><li><strong>Goal 3:</strong><br />All children and youth will be screened early and continuously for special health care needs.</li><li><strong>Goal 4:</strong><br />All youth with special health care needs and their families will have sufficient private and/or public insurance to pay for the services they need.</li><li><strong>Goal 5:</strong><br />Services for children and youth with special health care needs and their families will be organized in ways that families and youth can navigate and use them easily.</li><li><strong>Goal 6:</strong><br />All youth with special health care needs will receive the services necessary to make appropriate transitions to all aspects of adult life, including adult health care, work, and independence. </li></ul><p>Welcome to the YAC community!</p><p> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3784483806421709638-8064658666970136267?l=msnyouthnetwork.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Syntirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07298014734206887798noreply@blogger.com0