Growing Up Healthy Hotline
The Department operates the Growing Up Healthy Hotline, which provides information about health care, nutrition and other health and human services. The hotline provides information and referral 24 hours/day, seven days a week in English and Spanish and other languages. In 2004, the Growing Up Healthy Hotline received over 59,000 calls from people across the state.
Anyone can contact the Hotline by calling 1-800-522-5006 or through TTY access at 1-800-655-1789. All calls are confidential. An operator will help identify the services needed and provide information on how to locate a provider in your area. Information can be obtained from the Hotline on:
- Asthma
- Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
- Care at Home for Developmentally Disabled Children
- Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
- Child Health Plus Program
- Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
- Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
- Early Intervention Program
- Expanded Medicaid for Infants and Children
- Farmer's Market Nutrition Program
- Family Planning Program
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Fifth Disease
- Folic Acid
- Genetics Services Program
- Hepatitis B
- HIB Disease
- Hysterectomy
- Immunization Program
- Medicaid Obstetrical and Maternal Services Program
- Newborn Screening
- Physically Handicapped Children's Program
- Pre and Post-Natal Parent Education Program
- Prenatal Care Assistance Program (PCAP)
- Rape Crisis Program
- School-Based Health Centers
- Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- Tuberculosis
And other services for families across New York State.