Family Share

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The Department for Public Health is responsible for administering the First Steps Family Share program. Based on your family's household income and household size, you will be required to make Family Share payments ranging from $20 to $100 per month to share in the cost of your child's early intervention services.

Family Share is a monthly participation fee that is not based upon how many or how few services are received in a given month. You will receive a Family Share invoice from the Department for Public Health. You are responsible for paying your Family Share beginning in the month that services begin. Mail payments to the Department for Public Health as indicated on your Family Share invoice.

Families participating in First Steps Family Share will receive a monthly invoice that includes:

Your Family Share participation fee for the month;
The amount of the previously unpaid balance (if any);
The total balance of your Family Share account.

Please note the following:

Children covered under Medicaid do not pay Family Share (even if your child has both private insurance and Medicaid);
Families who have more than one child enrolled in First Steps are responsible only for one Family Share payment.

All checks should be made payable to the Kentucky State Treasurer and mailed to:

Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Department for Public Health
Attn: Family Share Administrator
First Steps Program
275 E. Main St. - HS2W-C
Frankfort, KY 40621

If you have questions about Family Share, please contact your service coordinator.

Links to Additional Family Information

Financial

The 2011 HHS Poverty Guidelines

Income Verification Request or Refusal of Income Verification Form

Inability to Pay Exemption Request Form

Financial Information Form

Family Support Information

Parent Handbook

Kentucky Autism Support Group List

Kentucky's Family Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders

Transition One-Stop (brochure)

Family Guide to Services, Color Version, English
Family Guide to Services, black and white version, English
This brochure is geared toward parents and provides a summary of the First Steps program and services. This is a downloadable form, prints front and back on 11x17 paper, landscape format.

A Step-by-Step Family Guide For Transition into Preschool. This guide provides valuable information to families of children transitioning from First Steps to preschool.