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Healthcare : Children's Healthy Start & Young Adult Health


This section of the library provides information about obtaining free healthcare services in Ohio through a program called Healthy Start and Healthy Families. For general information on this topic, we recommend viewing the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services' factsheet on the Healthy Start program or contacting your County Department of Job and Family Services office.


Document related to Children's Healthy Start & Young Adult Health are grouped below:

Legal Education

Document  Healthy Start & Healthy Families Brochure - Healthy Start is FREE healthcare coverage for kids from birth to age 19, and pregnant women who qualify based on family income.  
Document  Healthy Start - Basics - Children (up to age 19) and pregnant women can get free health coverage through Healthy Start.  
Document  Ohio Children's Health Insurance Plan - Medicaid's Healthy Start program covers children up to age 19 in families with incomes at or below 150% of the federal poverty level (FPL).  
Document  Ohio's Safe Havens For Newborns - Safe Havens allows a birth parent to leave a newborn infant with a hospital, fire department or other emergency service organization.  

Self-Help Forms
Document  Application for Healthy Start & Healthy Families Insurance Programs - To apply for the Healthy Start / Healthy Families program, you will need to complete this application.  

Other Resources
Document  After Foster Care, What Next? - A guide to resources available for young adults who have aged out of the foster care system. 
Document  Help Me Grow - Help Me Grow is a program for Ohio’s expectant parents, newborns, infants and toddlers that provide health and developmental services so children start school healthy and ready to learn.  


Related Library Topics

Find additional information in these related topics within the Ohio Law Library:

 Advance Directives
 Medicaid
 Medicare
 Medical Privacy and HIPAA
 Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care
 Mental Health
 Prescriptions
 Social Security


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