Child Adolescent Health Program / I-Smile | Siouxland District Health Department

Description

Child Adolescent Health Program helps children and families access preventive health care by offering the following services:

- Provide education to all newly eligible Medicaid clients about how their healthcare coverage will provide for both preventive and ill healthcare

- Help families with finding a doctor or dentist for their medical and dental care

- Help families with housing, food, energy assistance, parenting programs, and referrals to community resources and services

- Reminders when your child needs routine medical and dental check-ups

- Provide health education and support on a variety of topics

- Contact families to provide care coordination

- Transportation information to Medicaid approved appointments

- Help families with Medicaid Presumptive of Eligibility applications

- Help families with Hawk-i Insurance applications.

I-Smile services include:

- Dental screenings and fluoride varnish applications

- Dental Sealant applications

- Silver Diamine Fluoride treatment for early decay

- Oral hygiene and dental nutritional counseling

- Completing school dental screening certificates

- Care coordination for families such as finding a dentist, understanding or acquiring dental insurance (and/or other payment options), scheduling dental appointments, and answering general oral health questions.

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