Health: help with navigating health care systems including home and community-based services
Idaho Maternal Child Health Systems, Medicaid, the Katie Beckett pathway, SSI/SSDI, newborn screening, genetics, transition, and more – our Family Resource Specialists are walking the walk right alongside you.
As a parent led organization, we recognize that caring for children with special health care needs is often complex. Like you, we are parents of children and young adults with physical, developmental, and mental health challenges, and we have firsthand experience negotiating the maze of health care services and programs in our state.
We assist families of children with special health care needs to become informed, experienced, and self-sufficient advocates for their children and themselves.
Idaho Parents Unlimited is the Family Voices Affiliate Organization (FVAO) in Idaho.
Family Voices aims to achieve family-centered care
IPUL is the Family Voices State Affiliate Organization. for all children and youth with special health care needs and/or disabilities.
We provide families tools to make informed decisions, advocate for improved public and private policies, build partnerships among professionals and families, and serve as a trusted resource on health care.
IPUL works directly with Idaho’s Title V agency to ensure that family perspectives shape programs, policies, and improvements in services. IPUL helps bridge the gap between families and systems of care by:
- Supporting families in navigating health and education services
- Empowering parents to advocate for their children with confidence
- Providing one-on-one assistance to understand health coverage, special education, and disability rights
- Elevating family voices to ensure policies and systems reflect real-life needs and challenges
More information here: https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/health-wellness/womens-health-pregnancy/idaho-maternal-and-child-health
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