Children's and Youth Health

Find out how to get information on nutrition, dental health, vision, hearing screening, teen pregnancy, and special health care needs. Get health resources for parents, teenagers, children and infants.

Presentation Slides on Children’s Health Programs and Initiatives
A comprehensive set of presentation slides to help describe the numerous programs and initiatives that will improve Medi-Cal for California’s children and families.
American Indian Infant Health Initiative
An initiative designed to provide extensive home visiting/case management services to high-risk Indian families in five counties in California that experience the most severe Indian MCH disparities.
California Children's Services
A state health care and services program for children up to 21 years old with certain diseases or health problems.
Child Health and Disability Prevention
A preventive program that delivers periodic health assessments and services to low income children and youth in California.
Children's Medical Services
Provides a comprehensive system of health care for children through preventive screening, diagnostic, treatment, rehabilitation, and follow-up services.
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT)
A Medi-Cal benefit for individuals under the age of 21 who have full-scope Medi-Cal eligibility. This benefit allows for periodic screenings to determine health care needs.
Former Foster Youth
Former foster care children who traditionally have aged out of the foster care system at age 21 will now have their Medi-Cal eligibility extended until age 26.
Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care
A program that provides public health nurse expertise in meeting the medical, dental, mental and developmental needs of children and youth in foster care.
Hearing Conservation Program
The HCP helps to identify hearing loss in preschoolers to 21 years of age in Public Schools, Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) programs and other state supported programs.

Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Program
The Hearing Aid Coverage for Children Program (HACCP) offers hearing aid coverage to eligible children.
High Risk Infant Follow-Up
The California Children's Services (CCS) HRIF program was established to identify infants who might develop CCS-eligible conditions after discharge from a CCS-approved Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Medical Therapy
A special program within California Children's Services that provides physical therapy, occupational therapy and medical therapy conference services for children who have handicapping conditions, generally due to neurological or musculoskeletal disorders.
Medi-Cal Access Program
Low-cost health insurance coverage for uninsured, middle-income pregnant women.
Neonatal Quality Improvement Initiative
To improve neonatal care by reducing/eliminating catheter associated blood stream infections and other hospital-acquired infections in Neonatal Intensive Care Units.
Newborn Hearing Screening
A statewide comprehensive Newborn Hearing Screening Program helping identify hearing loss in infants and guide families to the appropriate services needed to develop communication skills.
Women, Infants and Children (WIC) - Not DHCS
WIC helps families by providing checks for buying healthy supplemental foods from WIC-authorized vendors, nutrition education, and help finding healthcare and other community services.

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