You can't just come in for a PAP smear and say you don't want to be on birth control. The cancer screening program is for people who are not eligible for the family planning clinic. Tuberculosis screenings and skin tests are done for anyone who needs them. If the person tests positive for TB, medication is hand-carried to that person and the nurse must watch the patient actually swallow the pills. This change has come about because patients in the past did not complete treatment, which has resulted in more resistant strains of TB today.
Home visiting programs are available as well.
The program serves children from newborn to age 21 who have chronic illnesses or handicapping conditions. Financial and medical guidelines apply. HUG, or Help Us Grow, is a free service available to children from birth to age 5. CHAD is Child Health and Development. The service is available if there is even the potential for the child to be delayed and not up to par when they start school, she added.