Any Illinois child from birth to age 21 may qualify for no-cost diagnostic services. DSCC can help families arrange, find funding, maximize third party payments and pay for their child's medical treatment when financial criteria are met. Financial eligibility is not required for care coordination services. A child must have, or be suspected of having, a treatable chronic condition in following categories: Orthopedic conditions, Heart defects, Hearing loss, Neurological conditions, Certain birth defects, Disfiguring defects such as cleft lip/palate, Cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, specific eye impairments, Urinary system impairments.
CARE COORDINATION SERVICES include resource finding and referral, coordinating care and sharing information with the team of providers, transition services from early childhood to age 21, parent to parent support, information provision, advocacy, benefits management, developing and implementing a plan to meet child and family needs.