Where to Start-Vermont

VERMONT EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM


Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA): Part C – Early Intervention program for infants and toddlers provides a broad array of services to children with special needs, birth through three years of age, and their families. For information about services in your area contact your local Children's Integrated Services Coordinator.

Parent have rights to specific services and processes though this program. Learn more about your rights.

Child Development Division
Department for Children and Families
103 South Main Street
2 & 3 North
Waterbury, VT 05671-5500
1-800-649-2642
http://dcf.vermont.gov/cdd/cis/IDEA_Part_C_early_intervention






EASTER SEALS

Easter Seals Vermont provides exceptional services to ensure that all people with disabilities or special needs and their families have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play in their communities.

Easter Seals Vermont
641 Comstock Road, Suite 1
Berlin, VT 05602
Phone: (802) 223-4744, Toll Free: (888) 372-2636
Additional locations:  http://vt.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=VTDR_contactus

MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAM:

http://www.medicaid.gov/Medicaid-CHIP-Program-Information/By-Topics/Waivers/Waivers.html

TEFRA: (Tax, Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982)

Under the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA), states may provide Medicaid coverage to children with severe disabilities, disregarding their family income, if these children require care at an institutional (hospital, nursing home or intermediate care facility) level.

When a child receives extended care in an institutional setting, family income is disregarded as a qualification for Medicaid. The TEFRA State Plan Option makes it possible to do the same for a family whose child requires care at the level provided in an institution, but who choose to care for their child at home. Currently, 18 states and the District of Columbia have chosen to implement the TEFRA State Plan Option. Because states vary widely in the availability of institutional care for children and the clinical criteria for admitting children to these institutions, the numbers of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) who receive Medicaid benefits under this option also varies widely from state to state.

Please check with your state office to see if TEFRA is offered in your state.

GENETICS/M.D. SUPPORT IN VERMONT


Vermont Children's Hospital provides expert, compassionate care, as well as a full range of genetic testing services for infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
As a university hospital, you can be assured of receiving care from highly skilled clinicians who are knowledgeable of the latest developments in the field of genetics and genetic testing.
At the Vermont Children’s Hospital, your child will benefit from access to the most recent therapies and treatments, and a personalized, child-centered approach catered to his or her specific needs.

Fletcher Allen Health Care
Medical Center Campus
111 Colchester Avenue
Burlington, VT 05401Maps & Directions
802) 847-0000
(800) 358-1144
Other Important Phone Numbers

http://www.fletcherallen.org/services/children/specialties/genetics/




CHAMPLAIN VALLEY DOWN SYNDROME GROUP

319 South Union Street,
Burlington, VT 05401
802-658-780 (Lisa)
lisadenatale@yahoo.com
Facebook at Champlain Valley Down Syndrome Group
http://www.facebook.com/ChamplainValleyDownSyndromeGroup



DOWN RIGHT SPECIAL OF RUTLAND COUNTY

172 Saint John Street,
Rutland, VT 05701
802-773-7343
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Down-Right-Special-of-Rutland-County/188539007883809

DOWN RIGHT UNIQUE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS

 

Contact Brian & Michelle Gagne
802-879-2835
MichelleDGagne@aol.com