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 2007, the Growing Up Healthy Hotline received over 60,000 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
- Children with Special Health Care Needs, Resource Directory
- Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
- Child Health Plus Program (CHPlus)
- Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
- Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
- Domestic Violence
- Early Intervention Program
- Eat Smart New York
- Farmer's Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)
- Family Health Plus Program (FHPlus)
- 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 (MOMS) Program
- Newborn Screening
- Oral Health
- Perinatal Depression
- Physically Challenged Children's Program
- Pre- and Post-Natal Parent Education Program
- Pregnancy and Newborn Testing, Key Messages for Pregnant Women About HIV
- Prenatal Care in NYS
- Rape Crisis and Sexual Violence Prevention Program
- School-Based Health Centers
- Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) (WIC)
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Summer Food Program, The Child Nutrition Knowledge Center
- Tuberculosis (TB)
And other services for families across New York State.
