- Available Services
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
- Financial Eligibility
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.
- If you are pregnant, count yourself as two (2).
- For households with more than 8 members, add $9,509 annual income for each additional member.
2024 CSHCS Income Guidelines
Household* Size
Annual income up to $
(total before deductions)Monthly income up to $
(total before deductions)1
$37,650
$3,138
2
$51,100
$4,258
3
$64,550
$5,379
4
$78,000
$6,500
5
$91,450
$7,621
6
$104,900
$8,742
7
$118,350
$9,863
8
$131,800
$10,983
9
$145,250
$12,104
*Household means a group of people (related or not) who are living as one economic unit.
- Medical Eligibility
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