United Partners in Kentucky

Infant, Toddler, & Preschool

Early Intervention – Providers of Medical and Mental Health Services*

Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs provides services, for Kentucky residents birth to 21, through a variety of specialty clinics held across the commonwealth. Covered conditions include:
Asthma (Severe), Burn, Cerebral Palsy Cleft Lip and Palate, Craniofacial, Cystic Fibrosis, Ear, Eye, Hand, Heart, Hemophilia - Pediatric and Adult, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedic, Reconstructive Surgery, Scoliosis, Seizure, Sickle Cell Education, and Spina Bifida. The Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs manages the Newborn Hearing Screening Program, which ensures that all newborns receive a hearing screening before leaving the hospital.

Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs
982 Eastern Parkway, Louisville KY 40217
Phone (800) 232-1160
(502) 595-4459
FAX (502) 595-4673
Website http://chfs.ky.gov/ccshcn/default.htm

Comprehensive Care Centers/Community Mental Health Centers are all across the state. Your local center can assist you in locating and accessing disability resources. Most have Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist, some are First Steps Points of Entry. For the Center that serves your county visit this site: http://www.ihdi.uky.edu/kydrm/comp_care_centers.htm

Early Childhood Mental Health (ECMH) Specialist

Region #	Region	Counties Served	Name	Contact Info.
1	Four Rivers	Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle, Ballard, McCracken, Graves, Livingston, Marshall, Calloway	Jeanne Peters Supervisor: Karen Granger	Four Rivers Behavioral Health CSCS 2855 Jackson Street Paducah, KY 42001 Phone: 270-442-9767 Fax: 270-442-7923 Email: eliza_peters@hotmail.com
2	Pennyroyal	Crittenden, Lyon, Caldwell, Trigg, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd	Dianne Glasscock Supervisor: David Girdner	Pennyroyal Center PO Box 614 Hopkinsville, KY 42241 Phone: 270-886-5186 Fax: (270) 886-0393 Email: dhglasscock@pennyroyalcenter.org
3	River Valley	Union, Webster, Henderson, Daviess, McLean, Ohio, Hancock	Mary Jo Thompson Supervisor: Mary Kay Lamb	River Valley Behavioral Health P.O. Box 1637 1100 Walnut Street Owensboro, KY 42303 Phone: 270-689-6591 Fax: 270-689-6664 Email: maryjothompson@rvbh.com
4	LifeSkills	Logan, Butler, Warren, Simpson, Edmonson, Allen, Barren, Monroe, Metcalfe, Hart	Sandy Hackbarth Supervisor: Robin Gregory	LifeSkills, Inc. 640 Wright Avenue Bowling Green, KY 42104 Phone: 270-901-5000 X 1008 Fax: 270 782-5927 Email: Cblack@lifeskills.com
5	Communicare	Breckinridge, Grayson, Meade, Hardin, Nelson, LaRue, Washington, Marion	Shelley Deibel Supervisor: Valerie Noffsinger	Communicare 1308 Woodland Drive Elizabethtown, KY 42701 Phone: 270-737-5676 Fax: 270-737-1917 Email: sdeibel@communicare.org
6	Seven Counties	Jefferson, Bullitt, Spencer, Shelby, Oldham, Henry, Trimble	Emily Fister Supervisor: Karen Cable	Seven Counties Services Family Connections 914 E. Broadway Louisville, KY 40204 Phone: 502-589-8731 Fax: 502-589-8732 Email: EFister@sevencounties.org

7	NorthKey		Carroll,Owen, Gallatin,Grant, Boone,Kenton, Campbell, Pendleton	Melissa Adamchik Supervisor: Mike Downer	NorthKey Community Care 19 East Pike Street 2^nd floor Covington, KY 41011 Phone: 859-491-1348 Fax: 859-491-7174 Email: madamchik@northkey.org
8	Comprehend	Bracken, Robertson, Mason, Fleming, Lewis		Lorna Kaye Sapp Supervisor: Goldie Williams	Comprehend, Inc. 611 Forest Avenue Maysville, KY 41056 Phone: 606-564-4016 Fax: 606-564-8288 Lksapp@comprehendinc.com
9/10	Pathways	Greenup, Carter, Boyd, Lawrence, Elliot, Rowan, Bath, Montgomery, Menifee, Morgan		Lisha Vannoy Supervisor: John Fisher	Pathways, Inc. PO Box 790 Ashland, KY 41101 Phone: 606-324-3005 Fax: 606-329-1530 Email: lvannoy@pathways-ky.org
11	Mountain	Magoffin, Johnson, Martin, Floyd, Pike		David Bliss Supervisor: Bonnie Hale	Mountain CCC 150 S. Front Ave. Prestonsburg, KY 41653 Work: 606-886-8572 Fax: 606-886-4316 E-mail: dbliss@mtcomp.org
12	Kentucky River	Wolfe, Lee, Owsley, Breathitt, Leslie, Perry, Knott, Letcher		Renee Roberts Supervisor: Shelagh Cassidy	Renee Roberts KRCC 115 Rockwood Lane Hazard KY 41701 Work: 606-436-5761 Email: krccreneeroberts@mail.com
13	Cumberland River	Rockcastle, Jackson, Laurel, Clay, Knox, Whitley, Bell, Harlan		Lloyd Zehr Supervisor: Jill West	Cumberland River CCC P.O. Box 84 Williamsburg, KY 40769 Phone: 606-549-1440 Fax: 606-549-1143 Email: lloydz@kih.net
14	Adanta	Green, Taylor, Casey, Adair, Russell, Pulaski, Cumberland, Clinton, Wayne, McCreary		Misty Matney Supervisor: Jill Quaid	Adanta P.O. box 710 Jamestown, KY 42629 Phone: 270-343-2551 Fax: 270-343-2552 Email: mmatney@adanta.org
15	Bluegrass	Franklin, Anderson, Woodford, Scott, Harrison, Bourbon, Nicholas, Fayette, Jessamine, Clark, Powell, Mercer, Boyle, Lincoln, Garrard, Madison, Estill		Tal Curry Supervisor: Stephen Applegate	Bluegrass IMPACT 625 Leawood Ave. Suite A Frankfort, KY 40601 Phone: 502-875-3772 Fax: 502-875-3867 Email: jtcurry@bluegrass.org

KyCARES is an online services/information directory and guide for Federal, State and Community Providers which can help you connect with providers http://kycares.ky.gov/

Shriners Hospital for Children The Lexington hospital has provided expert care to children and adolescents with musculoskeletal problems for over seventy-five years. The Lexington hospital is one of 22 Shriners hospitals operated in the United States, Canada and Mexico by the Shrine fraternity.
1900 Richmond Road
Lexington, KY 40502
Telephone 859-266-2101
Fax 859-268-5636
Website: http://www.shrinershq.org/shc/lexington/index.html

Other Useful Information

Flowchart on Access to Mental Health Services for Children Birth to Age 5 (2005)
Developed to help health professionals understand: the major early childhood programs in Kentucky , who is eligible for evaluations, how to refer children for services, and how to obtain evaluations that may have been conducted on their patients by those programs.

* The sole purpose of this page is to provide families and caregivers information that will allow them to make a more informed decision and to assist them seek services and providers of their choice. Any inclusion or omission of any provider is not intended to make a statement about that provider or the services offered.

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