OC Board of Supervisors Extend Health Services for Mothers and Children
The Orange County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on May 23 to extend its agreement with the Children and Families Commission of Orange County—a group affiliated with the Orange County Health Agency—to provide healthcare to pregnant and parenting mothers and their children through June 2024.
Services cover pregnant and prenatal women and their children from infancy until they are two years old with in-home visits, and then further services are available until the child is five years old.
Mothers receive postpartum care and additional visits up to 12 weeks post-birth.
For the 2022–2023 fiscal year, 125 individuals were enrolled in the program, with over 1,400 in-home visits….