For eligible applicants, services may include:

• Diagnostic evaluations
• Comprehensive well child and sick child care
• Specialty care and other services related to the eligible medical conditions
• Immunizations
• Prescription drugs
• Routine dental care
• Community referrals and information
• Travel reimbursement

A family with an income, before taxes, no greater than 250% of the federal poverty level may be eligible for the program. The financial level changes every year.  For example, in 2015, a family of four could qualify with a gross income of up to $60,625.

Children’s Special Health Care Services (CSHCS) is a program to help Indiana children with severe chronic medical conditions which:

• Have lasted (or are expected to last) at least two years;
• Will produce disability, disfigurement, or limits the child’s ability to function;
• Requires special diet or devices; or
• Without treatment would produce a chronic disabling physical condition.

Some of the physical conditions which may qualify a child for services from CSHCS include:

• Apnea
• Arthritis
• Asthma-Severe, 2 medications daily
• Autism
• Cerebral Palsy
• Chronic Anemia (e.g. Sickle Cell)
• Chromosomal Disorders
• Chronic Pulmonary Disease
• Cleft Lip and/or Palate
• Congenital or Acquired Developmental Deformities
• Congenital Heart Disease or Arrhythmias
• Cystic Fibrosis (life time medical eligibility)
• Endocrine Deficiencies (e.g. Diabetics)
• Hydrocephalus
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Inborn Errors of Metabolism (e.g. PKU)
• Myelodysplasia or Spinal cord Dysfunction (e.g. Spina Bifida)
• Neuromuscular Dysfunction
• Oncologic Disorders (e.g. Cancer)
• Profound Bilateral Hearing Loss
• Renal Disease
• Seizure Disorder
• Severe Hemophilia