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Child Health and Disability Prevention Program (CHDP)

 


The Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) Program offers preventive health services that identify and prevent disease and disabilities among low-income children and youth in Alameda County. “Preventive health” means that we work to keep your children healthy before they get sick.
The program offers:
  • Well child exams, including school health exams and sports physicals

  • Links to doctors and dentists who provide preventive health exams & dental screenings

  • Help getting low cost health insurance
 
Program Eligibility:

  • children with Medi-Cal from birth through 20 years

  • low to moderate income children from birth through 18 years

  • children in Foster Care

  • children in Head Start & State Preschool programs
 
Useful Information and Services:


Reminder – CHDP:
  • does not provide direct services

  • encourages families with low and moderate incomes to seek preventive health care for their children

  • helps children get well-child exams, including school health exams and sports physicals

  • assists families with children who need healthcare for problems identified during the CHDP exam

  • recruits new providers and sees that they give quality well-child exams

  • looks for trends and works with the community to address specific health risks

If you have questions, and you are a parent of a child under 21 years of age, contact us for more information
 
Publications:


  • CHDP Newsletter

  • CHDP Program Brochure

  • Publication list & order form

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    Forms:


    School forms:
     
    Major Events and Activities:


  • Vision Assessment Training – Annually in December

  • Audiometric Workshop – Annually in October

  • Provider Billing Training – Annually in October

  • Other Provider Trainings as needed or requested

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    Web Links:
     
    Contact Information:


    Child Health and Disability Prevention Program
    1000 San Leandro Blvd, 2nd Floor
    San Leandro, CA 94577
    Phone: 510 618-2070
    Fax : 510 618-2077