Local coalitions for coordinating services to children dependent on technology and their families.

The emerging population of children who are technology dependent has made a significant impact on the health care service system in the last decade. The unique characteristics and numerous unmet needs of this group of children engender grassroots planning to improve the responsiveness and coordination of the service system. A description of three local planning initiatives is presented within the framework of a collaborative statewide planning effort surrounding the needs of children who are technology dependent and their families.