Family Voices, Inc. - National

Family Voices is excited to release its strategic policy priorities for 2025-2026. Our policy priorities are focused on supporting policies that improve the health and well-being for children and youth with special health care needs and disabilities (CYSHCN) and their families. The development of this policy agenda would not have been possible without input from our family partners. This key partnership will make sure that our focus remains on the most relevant topics to CYSHCN and their families. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/e_gBWJaW.

This month’s Black History 365 features Harriet Tubman Day and the 1965 voting rights marches in Selma, Alabama. Learn more about Family Voices' Black History 365 and download the March one-pager for reading selections, videos, music and more at familyvoices.org/famu.

Family Voices celebrates the value of all members of our community. March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month and we support policies and practices that improve the lives of children with developmental disabilities and their families. Learn more about our policy priorities by visiting https://lnkd.in/e_gBWJaW.

Attention, Community Health Workers! My Language, My Care has a free, self-paced online course to help you support families in accessing the language services they need. It takes just a couple of hours to complete, and the course may count toward your continuing education credits (depending on your state's requirements). Learn more at https://lnkd.in/e5sWuCig.

The team from Boston University’s School of Social Work and the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health hosts the Future of Care, a virtual café series about improving care for children with medical complexity funded by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. Take a look at Café 5, about ableism in health care, which features Dr. Michelle White and Nikki Montgomery, Family Voices’ Director of Strategy and Communications. https://ow.ly/yx0C50ULT57

As part of our Family Voices United against Racism initiative, Family Voices has developed a Black History Month 365 project that provides education about Black history all year long. This month’s Black History 365 features Sleeping Car Porters and the Labor Movement. Download and share the one-pager for reading selections, videos, music and more at familyvoices.org/famu.

Attention, Community Health Workers! My Language, My Care has a free, self-paced online course to help you support families in accessing the language services they need. It takes just a couple of hours to complete, and the course may count toward your continuing education credits (depending on your state's requirements). Learn more at https://lnkd.in/e5sWuCig.

As part of our Family Voices United against Racism initiative, Family Voices has developed a Black History 365 project that provides education about Black history all year long. This month’s Black History 365 features Sleeping Car Porters and the Labor Movement. Download and share the one-pager for reading selections, videos, music and more at familyvoices.org/famu.

Family Voices Inc. invites parents or caregivers of children with special health care needs, health care professionals, and individuals whose preferred language is not English to complete a brief 2-minute survey on your experiences using language access services in health care settings. https://lnkd.in/ePhBe2r6 This survey is part of a project called Promoting Access to Language Services for Families of Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs, funded by the Office of Minority Health.

It's a great time to discover My Language, My Care, a free online course about language access in the health care setting. The course is available in English, Spanish, Chinese and American Sign Language. Register today at https://lnkd.in/eDeGNq2q.