​Special Care Centers

Overview

Standards

List of Centers​​

Overview

The GHPP Special Care Centers are a system that:

• Provides coordinated care to clients with specific genetic conditions
• Multi-disciplinary and multi-specialty teams which consists of doctors, nurses, social workers, and other health team members
• Provides family centered planning
• Facilitates timely and appropriate care

The GHPP SCCs are located throughout California and usually connected with tertiary level medical centers. Each SCC must comply with the GHPP program standards to become an approved provider.

​​Standards

California Children's Services and the GHPP require all Special Care Centers to meet specific standards of care.

• Cystic Fibrosis Standards
• Hemophilia Treatment and Hematology Standards
• Metabolic and Endocrine Standards
• Sickle Cell Centers
• Specified Inherited Neurological Diseases Centers

​List of Centers

The  GHPP Special Care Centers consist of:

• Cystic Fibrosis Centers
• Hemophilia Treatment Centers
• Hematology Centers
• Metabolic and Endocrine Centers
  
• Sickle Cell Centers
• Specified Inherited Neurological Diseases Centers