Newborn Screening
Before you leave the hospital, a quick blood test is done to check for health conditions such as metabolic, genetic, and hormone disorders, in addition to a hearing and heart check.
Infant Screening
Before leaving the birth facility, a short set of questions are asked to check for risk factors that could affect your family’s health and well-being, and home visiting and care coordination services can be provided.
Early Steps
Provides early intervention services to infants and toddlers, from birth to 36 months, with developmental delays, disabilities and at-risk conditions at no cost to families.
Healthy Start
Free home visiting program that provides education and care coordination to pregnant women and families of children under the age of three.
WIC
Provides free healthy foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and referrals to other services to pregnant or new mothers, or a caregiver to a child under the age of 5.
Special Health Care Needs
Collection of programs that serve children with special health care needs, providing family-centered care, using a statewide network of health care professionals.
Behavioral Health
Integrative behavioral health care approach that connects medical providers, behavioral health providers, and community organizations that work together to assist children’s behavioral health needs.
Teen Health
Resources to help adolescents, parents, educators, and communities support healthy development during the transition from childhood to adulthood.
School Health
Provides basic health services to all public school students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, in all of Florida’s 67 counties.
Child Care Food Program
Assists child care facilities, such as family day care homes, recreational centers, afterschool programs, ensure children have access to a variety of nutritious foods for healthy growth and development.
Safety & Injury Prevention
• Drowning Prevention
• Infant Safe Sleeping
• Safe Kids Florida
• Child Abuse Protection