Child Health Specialty Clinics (CHSC) and the Division of Child and Community Health are part of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics. CHSC provides gap-filling clinical care, health assessments, care coordination, and family to family support for Iowa's Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs and their families.
Approximately 143,000 Iowa children and youth have special health care needs including chronic conditions, mental or behavioral diagnoses, developmental disorders, intellectual disability, and genetic disorders.
The foundation of CHSC's funding comes from the Title V Maternal and Child Block grant, part of the 1935 Social Security Act. Each state receives a "block" of funding to improve the health, safety, and well-being from all mothers and children. CHSC administers Iowa's Title V Program in partnership with the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.