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ChampionsInC is a national center designed to support communities in organizing services for families of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN).

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San Francisco County, CA

All of this combines into one very impressive model to look to for maintaining successful interagency services that clearly benefit both families and service providers alike. Juno remarks, “If one agency left, it wouldn’t work so well.” She explained that HRIIC and its partners would continue on and be successful, but the collaboration between agencies is strong now – many of them have been working together for 20 years. They hope to continue to strengthen the community and families with CYSHCN by sticking together for many years to come.

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If you would like to recognize a community with a system of services, please contact Cora Price with the name of the community and a local contact (with their permission, of course).

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