Its objective is to improve the health of Nevada women, infants and children who are eligible for the program by providing supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition education, and other health and social services. Child and Adolescent Health administers programs aimed at improving the overall health of Nevada's children and adolescents through preventive health programs and services. Teams promote change through a variety of programs ranging from youth mentoring to health service outreach. CATs work in their own communities to reduce teen pregnancy rates. Nearly one quarter of them focus on specific ethnic or minority groups.
CATs typically receive funding from local, state, or private sources.
The Bureau of Family Health Services offers program implementation, development, and evaluation consultations to participating CATs. The objective of CATs is to reduce teen pregnancy rates to no more than 35 pregnancies per 100 teenagers by the year 2005. Although the clinics occasionally serve children up to age 21, children birth through age two receive priority. The clinics are also the sole providers of assessment and follow-up services for the local hospitals' neonatal intensive care nurseries. Clinic staff includes pediatricians, clinical social workers, psychological developmental counselors, speech pathologists, audiologists, registered dieticians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, developmental specialists, interpreters and parent resource coordinators.