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Special Child Health Services

Special Child Health Services (SCHS) of Ocean County has made a commitment to assist families in caring for their children with complex, long-term medical and developmental disabilities and for children experiencing a developmental delay.

For young children, prompt attention to their condition early in life helps assure they will lead healthier lives when they are older.

The program will assist families by coordinating resources for the child with special needs under the age of 22.

With parental consent, case managers will work with the child’s parent(s) and/or guardian(s) and the physician, to evaluate a child’s strengths and needs and develop an Individual Service Plan for the child and the family. Medical, educational, development, social and economic needs of the child and family are targeted. For more information on this program, call 732-806-3931. Caseworkers will also help parents access the New Jersey Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund.

Information on this service can be found by calling 1-800-335-3863 or at http://WWW.NJCATASTROPHICFUND.ORG