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.

Access for Infants and Mothers
A low-cost health coverage for pregnant women.
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.
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.
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.
Pediatric Palliative Care
A new program that will allow eligible children and their families to receive palliative care services during in the course of the child’s illness, while concurrently pursuing curative treatment for the child’s life limiting or life threatening medical condition.
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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Children's and Youth Health