Former Grantees
Project Access Phase 2 States and Partner Agencies (2007-2010)
California, Alaska, Nevada and Wyoming
University of Southern California, University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Affiliate Partners:
Epilepsy Foundation of Northern California
Epilepsy Foundation Northwest
Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado
The purpose of this project was to improve access to comprehensive, coordinated health care, and related services, for children and youth with epilepsy and their families who reside in rural and frontier communities in AK, CA, NY, and WY.
Maine and New Hampshire
Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hood Center for Children and Families, Dartmouth Medical School
Affiliate Partner:
Epilepsy Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
This project created a system of care that enhanced the capacity of primary care physicians and pediatric neurologists to co-manage the care of children and youth with seizure disorder.
Washington
Washington State Department of Health
Affiliate Partner:
Epilepsy Foundation Northwest
This project highlighted children and youth with epilepsy and their families to find out how they are doing related to the components of a comprehensive system of care; (1) have access to care in a Medical Home; (2) are involved in decision-making for their own and their children's care; (3) have adequate health insurance to pay for needed services; (4) know about and receive early and continuous screening to identify special health care needs, including epilepsy; and (6) have the services necessary to transition to adult healthcare.
Florida and New York
Epilepsy Foundation - National Office
Affiliate Partners:
Epilepsy Foundation of Florida
Epilepsy Foundation of Metropolitan New York
The Epilepsy Foundation conducted demonstration projects to improve access to appropriate and timely health care for children and youth with epilepsy and seizure disorders through the design, testing and implementation of community-based systems of service delivery.
Project Access Phase 1 (2004-2007)
California
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Illinois
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago
Mississippi
Epilepsy Foundation of Mississippi
New Jersey
Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey
Oregon
Easter Seals Oregon
Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia Department of Health
West Virginia
Center of Excellence in Disabilities at
West Virginia University
Wisconsin
Medical College of Wisconsin
