Children with Special Health Care Needs

The Arizona Department of Health Services uses the Maternal and Child Health Bureau's definition of Children with Special Health Care Needs as: "Children up to age 21, who have or are at risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, emotional or potentially disabling condition and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally."

Resources for Children, Youth & Adults with Special Health Care Needs

This page is an information and resource guide to serve children, youth, and some adults with special health care needs and supports their families and providers. For additional information and resources, please visit the Arizona Department of Health Services Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs.

The Pinal County Public Health Services District (PCPHSD) is providing this page as a community service. PCPHSD does not endorse or sponsor any of the links listed.

General Pinal County Resources

Screening

Basic Needs

Nutrition, Food Banks / Farmer's Markets

Eye Glasses / Resources for the Blind / Visually Impaired

Hearing Aids / Resources for the Deaf / Hearing Impaired

Other

Summer Camps / Recreation

Information for Specific Disorders / Diagnoses & Health Conditions

Disability Resources

General Disability Resources & Advocacy Resources

Physical Health Needs

Emotional Health Needs

Intellectual / Developmental Disabilities

Educational

Pre-teens & Teens

  • Vocational Training
  • EDGE
    • Edge exists to provide youth with engaging, impactful customer service training that creates a solid foundation from which to launch a career.

Transition To Adulthood

Tools for Parents

Resources for Grandparents raising Grandchildren