Children with Special Needs Program Serves
- Children from birth up to 21 years
- Needs can be visible or invisible
- No diagnosis needed
- Provided at no cost to families
- No income restrictions
Nurse Care Coordination
The Children with Special Needs Program provides nurse care coordination. We work with families who live in Boulder County and have a child with a special health care need between the ages of birth and 21 years old.
Our program provides support, information, and connections to services.
Nurse Support Includes
- Monitoring development
- Helping you understand special health care needs and treatment choices
- Helping you to support your child within the health care system
- Guiding optimal growth and development
Our nurses are trained to be up to date on infant and child health care needs and resources.
Get Answers to Questions
- Accessing routine and specialty care
- Times of change and transition, such as Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to home, to preschool, to kindergarten
- How your baby communicates with you
- Feeding and nutrition
- Infant and childcare
- Health and wellbeing
It’s our job to know what services and supports are available in the community for infants and children who are at risk for or who have a developmental or intellectual disability.
We can help you find
- Health care services
- Vision and hearing screenings
- Evaluation services
- Financial help
- Preschool
- Therapy programs
- Parent support groups
- Respite care (if available)
- Mental and behavioral health services
