Sick Child visits are provided by a PNP, or physician to Medicaid clients, and at very low cost to others. Services include free foods, nutrition education, diet counseling and breast feeding support and referrals. Provides counseling, referral and support services to high risk clients, prenatal and newborn to one year of age. These services are designed to promote positive birth outcomes, and enable infants to experience normal growth and development. Services include counseling and education regarding nutrition, breast feeding, smoking cessation, parenting and monitoring for developmental delays.
Special attention is given to ensuring proper medical care and immunization services.
Services program office at Ed Stansel Complex, Green Cove Springs. To promote healthy growth, development, safety and school readiness for children under five years old. This program is by referral from health care providers, self-referrals or community referrals. Targeted group is at risk families. In home services are provided by trained paraprofessionals to increase coping and parenting skills, and thereby reduce the potential for future stress related family dynamics such as child abuse.