1. Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs 2007 Conference Racial Disparity in Healthcare for Children with Special Needs Delanor Manson, RN, BSN, CNA, MA, CPHQ Eugene Foster, Ed.D. Deirdre Cummings, M.Ed., J.D.

2. Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs 2007 Conference AGENDA/ Objectives What is institutional racism- what are we talking about? (Delanor) What is institutional racism- what are we talking about? (Delanor) What are other areas of the Cabinet doing about this? (Delanor) What are other areas of the Cabinet doing about this? (Delanor) What are the national trends/ Kentucky trends? (Delanor) What are the national trends/ Kentucky trends? (Delanor) Why do institutions need to take a look at this? (Eugene) Why do institutions need to take a look at this? (Eugene) What is the Commission doing? What does the data tell us we are doing right? (Eugene) What is the Commission doing? What does the data tell us we are doing right? (Eugene) Where do we go from here? (Deedee) Where do we go from here? (Deedee) What do we need to work on further? (Deedee) What do we need to work on further? (Deedee) What can I do? (Deedee) What can I do? (Deedee)

3. Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs 2007 Conference We have made certain assumptions about certain groups… and it has defined the way we treat the families we serve. At the Cabinet we believe that every child should experience our health and service system EQUALLY.

4. Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs 2007 Conference Our lens… As Americans there are subtle viewpoints in our lens that we need to examine.

5. Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs 2007 Conference The Race Quiz http://newsreel.org/ CALIFORNIA NEWSREEL

6. Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs 2007 Conference Images tell a story

7. Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs 2007 Conference Systems that support children

8. Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs 2007 Conference Children of Color Experience Disproportionate Representation: Percentage of children of a certain race in general census population compared to the percentage of children of the same group in a system. Disproportionate Representation: Percentage of children of a certain race in general census population compared to the percentage of children of the same group in a system. Disparate Treatment and Outcomes: When comparing minority to non-minority, children of color are treat differently and outcomes based on the treatment are different. Disparate Treatment and Outcomes: When comparing minority to non-minority, children of color are treat differently and outcomes based on the treatment are different.