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Improving Early Childhood Health and Developmental

Award Amount: $176,333
Approval Date: November 14, 2007
Start Date: December 1, 2007
End Date: November 30, 2009
National Academy for State Health Policy
50 Monument Square, Suite 502
Portland, Maine 04101
Principal Investigator: Neva Kaye

The quality of each state's Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) program rests heavily on the decisions made by the program's coordinator, an administrator within the state Medicaid program. EPSDT coordinators rarely share experiences and approaches to their work. Providing these coordinators with the opportunity to learn about children's health and developmental needs, best clinical practices, and innovative policies could significantly improve the quality of children's preventive and developmental services. Through a series of facilitated teleconferences, this project will provide coordinators with the means to communicate and collaborate with one another in order to make the EPSDT program more effective in promoting children's health and development.