Office of Family Health
This office coordinates a variety of maternal and child health services and nutrition programs and assistance. Services are delivered at Community Health Services and Public Health Alliance offices. Reproductive health services are also available at Family Planning Clinics. Care coordination and outreach pediatric specialty clinics are available at Children's Special Health Services sites.
- WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children) - supplemental nutritious foods, education, and referrals
- Newborn Metabolic Screening - screening for metabolic diseases (phenylketonuria or PKU, congenital hypothyroidism or CH, and galactosemia)
- Newborn Hearing Screening - screening infants for hearing impairments
- Children’s Special Health Services (CSHS) - care coordination for children with chronic illness, disabling conditions, and other special health care needs; multi-disciplinary diagnostic and consultative outreach pediatric specialty clinics; financial assistance for specified conditions and procedures
- Family Planning - reproductive health education, contraceptive counseling and methods, sexually transmitted disease counseling, testing and treatment
- Perinatal Program (Baby Care) -risk assessment and case management of pregnant women, genetic counseling, perinatal education, and prenatal and post-partum home visits
- Child and Adolescent Health - coordinates a variety of programs designed to promote heath, prevent disease and reduce morbidity and mortality among children and adolescents.
Services include child health assessments, immunizations, school health, developmental screenings, injury prevention, and technical assistance to communities available at Community Health Services and Public Health Alliance sites. Your child may be eligible for SD's Children's Health Insurance Program, administered by the Department of Social Services.
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