- Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disorders (LEND)
- University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD)
- ABLE Act
- Adult Services and Supports
- Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs (CYSHCN)
- Community Advisory Board
- Disability Policy & Legislation
- Early Development Network (EDN)
- Emergency Management and Crisis Intervention Team Training
- Family Care Enhancement Project
- National Core Indicators (NCI)
- Nebraska Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (NCCD)
- Nebraska Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver
- People First of Nebraska
- Project SEARCH
- Respite Across the Lifespan
- Sexual Health Services
- State Disability Leadership Seminar Series
- Trailblazer Program
- UCEDD Traineeship
Family Care Enhancement Project (FCEP)
FCEP Goal
The FCEP places parent resource coordinators (PRCs) in medical clinics to provide information and support to families who have children with disabilities and special health care needs.
The Family Care Enhancement Project is designed to:
- Help families receive early intervention services;
- Assist families who have children with disabilities or special health care needs to access needed community resources to keep medical appointments and improve health outcomes;
- Identify other sources of funding to enhance and further support families that have children with disabilities or special healthcare needs to adulthood; and
- Expand this project to other sites across the state.
About our Parent Resource Coordinators
PRCs at Munroe-Meyer Institute are parents of children with disabilities who have specialized training in providing peer-to-peer support and assistance to families who also have children with disabilities or special needs. Assistance ranges from helping them navigate medical and school systems to connecting them to community resources. PRCs are located in collaborating clinics across the state of Nebraska.
Caregivers Corner Facebook Group
MMI Caregivers Corner (join the group) provides information aligned with the mission of the UNMC Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI) about community activities and events or education and training opportunities designed to assist caregivers of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Program funding
The FCEP project is funded through the support of the Nebraska Early Development Network, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health, the MMI University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities and the collaborating clinics.
Parent resource coordinators (PRCs) are located at the Munroe-Meyer Institute (MMI), and in clinics across Nebraska to offer information and support to families who have children disabilites and complex health care needs.
Omaha |
MMI
Whitney Cox
Jennifer Hansen, BS
Michelle Kelly, BS
Shaistha Kiran Karipi
Georgia Ryba
Andrea M. Schroeder-Stangler
Graciela Sharif
Jessica Gutierrez, BS, CPH
One World Community Health Center
Erika Rodriguez
Kearney |
Children's Physicians
Candi Koenig, BS Ed
Lincoln |
Bluestem Health
Josette Bright, BS
Complete Children's Health
Susan Riggs
Help Me Grow
Brooke Martin
Scottsbluff |
Independence Rising
Judy Hartmann
Program Leadership |
Sarah Swanson, MPH
FCEP Program Manager
Rachelle Main, MSW, MPA
FCEP Training Coordinator
- Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disorders (LEND)
- University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD)
- ABLE Act
- Adult Services and Supports
- Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs (CYSHCN)
- Community Advisory Board
- Disability Policy & Legislation
- Early Development Network (EDN)
- Emergency Management and Crisis Intervention Team Training
- Family Care Enhancement Project
- National Core Indicators (NCI)
- Nebraska Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (NCCD)
- Nebraska Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Waiver
- People First of Nebraska
- Project SEARCH
- Respite Across the Lifespan
- Sexual Health Services
- State Disability Leadership Seminar Series
- Trailblazer Program
- UCEDD Traineeship