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Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Child and Family Health Services
- What is the Child and Family Health Services (CFHS) Program?
The Child and Family Health Services (CFHS) Program is designed to eliminate health disparities, improve birth outcomes and improve the health status of women, infants and children in Ohio. CFHS services include assessing and monitoring maternal and child health status; informing and educating the public and families about maternal and child health issues; providing leadership to assure the health of women, children youth and their families; linking women, children and youth to services and assuring access to health care; and evaluating the effectiveness, accessibility and quality of health care services. Local CFHS programs may provide services in up to five components: Community Health Assessment and Planning (required), Child and Adolescent Health Services, Family Planning Services, Perinatal Health Services and the Ohio Infant Mortality Reduction Initiative (OIMRI).
- Who has a CFHS project?
Services are provided through grant awards to local agencies in 72 counties. While the majority of these agencies are local health districts, CFHS also provides services through Community Action Agencies, Federally Qualified Health Centers, hospitals, a college of medicine, a Family and Children First Council, an MRDD board and a Planned Parenthood. They employ or contract with health planners, health educators, epidemiologists, physicians, nurses, dietitians, social workers and speech and language pathologists to provide public health services, including population-based and clinical services, to CFHS clients.
- Who are CFHS clients?
The population of interest for CFHS is low-income women and children in racial and ethnic groups that are disproportionately affected by poor health outcomes. The focus is on geographic areas and populations of highest need. The OIMRI component is specifically focused on those populations at the greatest risk of poor birth outcomes.
- What are CFHS services?
CFHS projects help families find and use services by providing outreach and case management; health education and referral; transportation; translation; home visiting; and nutrition counseling. CFHS supports clinical and wraparound services essential to maintaining and promoting the health of families and children including child and adolescent health care, perinatal care and family planning services. An important service of CFHS is providing support for communities to assess the health needs of families and design interventions to improve health status.
Last Updated: 6/10/05
Last Reviewed: 7/28/08
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