All Aboard the 2010 Express:
A National Summit on Children and Youth
with Special Health Care Needs and Their Families

Washington, DC Hilton December 12-13, 2001

Overview
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Family Voices (FV) and the March of Dimes invite all persons and organizations concerned with children and youth with special health care needs to board the 2010 Express. The 2010 Express represents an innovative, national campaign to achieve family-centered, culturally-competent, comprehensive, and coordinated systems of services for all children and youth with special health needs, in every community, by the year 2010. A focal point of this initiative will be All Aboard the 2010 Express: A National Summit on Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs and Their Families. The summit will take place at the Hilton Washington in Washington, D.C. on December 12 -13, 2001.

During a highly interactive, two-day summit, plenary sessions, workshops, exhibits and a cyber café will provide participants with new information, models, tools and skill building to effectively implement actions to achieve service systems for CSHCN. Most important, the summit will provide numerous structured and informal opportunities for participants to build upon existing partnerships and develop new collaborative relationships. Youth and family leaders will be available throughout the conference to discuss issues and implementation strategies with other participants. Only by working together – at the Federal, State and local levels, public and private sectors - can we achieve the goals of the 10 Year Action plan.

Achieving Success for All Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs is designed to accompany Healthy People 2010 (HP 2010). In Healthy People 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with States, communities, and many organizations in the public and private sectors, has set out a series of objectives to “bring better health to all people in this country.” Achieving Success is a 10-Year Action Plan for the nation that addresses the objectives in Healthy People 2010 related to the care of children and youth with special health care needs.

Target Audience
The summit will bring together more than 1,500 participants, including: Youth and family leaders Physicians, nurses and other health providers Federal and State agencies Social service, mental health, educational and vocational rehab agencies and providers Medicaid, insurers, foundations and other public and private payers, and Other individuals and organizations committed to services for CSHCN and their families.

Cost
All Professional/Agency Nnon-Federal) participants will be charged $200. Family/Youth and Federal Agency Staff will be charged $100.

Course Objectives
The goals of the summit are to 1) publicly release the new 10-Year Action Plan to Achieve Community-Based Service Systems for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs and their Families, which has been jointly developed by MCHB, AAP, FV, March of Dimes and other organizations, 2) build national understanding and enthusiasm for the Action Plan and 3) mobilize committed participants to promise to undertake specific activities to make the plan a reality in their States and communities.