- 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).
2026 CSHCS Income Guidelines
Household* Size
Annual income up to $
(total before deductions)Monthly income up to $
(total before deductions)1
$39,900.00
$3,325.00
2
$54,096.00
$4,508.00
3
$68,304.00
$5,692.00
4
$82,500.00
$6,857.00
5
$96,696.00
$8,058.00
6
$110,904.00
$9,242.00
7
$125,100.00
$10,425.00
8
$139,296.00
$11,608.00
9
$153,504.00
$12,792.00
*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
