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Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Health care for children and youth with disabilities
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What this program is
If your child has special medical needs, the Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs program (CYSHCN) can help. You can get treatment information, help finding health services and insurance, free or low-cost insurance referrals, and community resources.
Who can get it
Eligible children must:
- Be age 21 or younger
- Live in New York City
- Have been diagnosed with or may have a serious or chronic health condition, physical disability, or developmental or emotional/behavioral condition
- Need extra health care and assistance
Get help
- Visit the Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs website (https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/children-with-special-healthcare-needs.page) for more information.
- For more information about finding the right medical providers and follow-ups, call 347-396-4600 or email CSHCN@health.nyc.gov.
- Call 311 and ask for "Care and Youth with Special Health Care Needs".
Visit the website
Visit the Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs website (https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/children-with-special-healthcare-needs.page) for more information.
Call 311
Ask for "Care and Youth with Special Health Care Needs".
Source and last updated
- Source
- NYC Benefits Platform (kvhd-5fmu) View dataset
- Agency
- NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)
- Updated
- Source: October 8, 2024 · Synced August 18, 2026
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