LEAD PROGRAM

 The Lead Poisoning Prevention Program provides education, monitoring, and home visits to children with elevated blood lead levels. 

The Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program is a supplemental nutrition program which provides nutritional assessment, education, and health screenings to clients who are pregnant, postpartum or breastfeeding as well as infants and children up to age five. WIC refers its clients to area service providers for medical, social, and developmental intervention. Supplemental foods include but are not limited to: cereal, milk, cheese, eggs, fruits, vegetables, peanut butter, juice, infant formula, infant cereal, and baby foods.

The WIC Program is funded through the Illinois Department of Human Services. For more information on the program click here. (This institution is an equal opportunity provider.)

The Family Case Management (FCM) Program offers services for pregnant women and children up to age one. The nursing staff provides the following FCM services: pregnancy testing, assistance with the Public Aid process for pregnant women, monitoring of pregnancies and child development, referrals and home visits.