Description: Provides children, women, and families who are low-income and at high risk for adverse outcomes with health assistance. Offers case management, coordination of services, and comprehensive quality healthcare. Addresses factors which impact social determinants of health. The goals of the program are to:
Increase access and utilization of health an social services (cross cutting)
Improve preconceptions of health by decreasing risk factors for adverse life events among women
Reduce infant morbidity and mortality
Increase the proportion of adolescents and women of reproductive age who maintain a healthy weight
Improve the cognitive, physical, and emotional development of all children
Eligibility: Serves children and women of child bearing age who are low-income and at high risk for adverse outcomes, such as:
-No health insurance
-Teen parents
-Medical conditions
-Problems during and after pregnancy
-Child's developmental delays
-Exposure to tobacco, alcohol, drugs, family violence, depression or other conditions that interfere with health
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