Tonda is the Program Manager of Special Health Care Needs Family Partnership. You might remember Tonda from her previous work with the Department of Mental Health Developmental Disabilities. She spent twelve years supporting individuals and families to create good lives through self-determination and advocacy. Tonda has been with the Bureau of Special Health Care Needs since 2023. She now has the opportunity to support a team of Family Partners with lived experience, who provide resource information and peer support to families of children and youth who have been identified as having complex medical condition(s) and/or who are deaf/hard of hearing.

Tonda is thrilled to have the opportunity to share information on the programs available to children and youth through the Bureau of Special Health Care Needs.