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- Carver County Public Health provides outreach for preventative healthcare such as the Child and Teen Checkups, which includes well-child medical examinations and dental care at no cost to eligible children and teens. The checkups include specific screening components to improve the health of children and teens and limit long-term outcomes of undetected health problems. - Child Growth and Development Program: The Follow Along Program offers growth and development screening for children ages birth to age three through a series of age-appropriate questionnaires for parents or caregivers. A public health nurse will follow-up with parents or caregivers if a concern is identified. - Disease Prevention and Control Services: Follow-up and case management services for vaccine-preventable diseases, and latent and active tuberculosis. Follow-up for infants related to Hepatitis B. - Education and assistance with obtaining maternity and prenatal care or other needed health care or general needs - Family Home Visiting program provides assessments, education, and community resources for qualifying families about newborn care, child safety, and positive parenting

- Provides primary health care - Sliding fee scale is available for eligible persons based on family size and annual income through a Community Health Center Grant provided by the Bureau of Primary Health Care. - Accepts Medicare and Medicaid - 340b Low Cost Drug Program available for eligible persons who are patients of record at the clinic - Dental referrals for preventative and emergency care for sliding fee scale patients

- Community clinic and urgent care - Also available is dentist, Dr. Derek Gustafson, at 218-743-3707

Helps families create safe, nurturing environments for children through health screenings, education, support services, and resources that promote physical health, safety, nutrition, and development. Services include: - Blood Lead Testing: Screening services to detect lead exposure in children and adults to prevent lead poisoning. - Child Passenger Safety: Information and services related to child car seat safety and proper restraint use. - Child and Teen Checkups: Comprehensive health and dental checkups for children, including those on Medical Assistance or Minnesota Care. - Clinic Services: Health services such as birth control options, pregnancy testing, and sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and treatment. - Family Home Visiting: Home-based support programs for families, including developmental tracking and postpartum/newborn visits to help parents meet goals and connect with support resources. - Immunizations: Vaccination services and information for both children and adults to protect against preventable diseases.

Helps families create safe, nurturing environments for children through health screenings, education, support services, and resources that promote physical health, safety, nutrition, and development. Services include: - Blood Lead Testing: Screening services to detect lead exposure in children and adults to prevent lead poisoning. - Child Passenger Safety: Information and services related to child car seat safety and proper restraint use. - Child and Teen Checkups: Comprehensive health and dental checkups for children, including those on Medical Assistance or Minnesota Care. - Clinic Services: Health services such as birth control options, pregnancy testing, and sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and treatment. - Family Home Visiting: Home-based support programs for families, including developmental tracking and postpartum/newborn visits to help parents meet goals and connect with support resources. - Immunizations: Vaccination services and information for both children and adults to protect against preventable diseases.

Access to well-child checkups for children and teens up to age 21, including young parents, who are on Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare. Services include: - Assistance in locating a medical or dental clinic - Assistance in making an appointment - Arranging for transportation to these appointments - Arranging for interpreters if needed at appointments - Connecting families to community resources Appointments may include: - A physical exam - Baby Tracks program to help parents and guardians stay up to date with infant and childhood immunizations - Developmental, growth, and mental health screenings - Hearing and vision checks - Lab tests - Regular dental appointments - Information about physical health, mental health, healthy habits, and nutrition Visit website to find a local Child and Teen Checkup Clinic.

Identifies health or developmental problems in young children early to help them stay healthy. Residents on Medical Assistance who may need transportation to a checkup can call through Medical Assistance insurance providers. Services include: - Child and teen checkup exams that meet the requirements for starting school, camp, and other prerequisites - Health screening for a physical exam, oral health, vision and hearing, developmental and social-emotional screening, substance risk, mental health, sexually transmitted infections, HIV, lead, sickle cell, labs, nutrition review, and immunizations

Exams are completed at the child or young adult's medical clinic and include: Complete head to toe physical exam Information about good physical and mental health Physical growth measurements Referrals to other health specialists if needed Time to ask questions and get answers about the child's health, behavior and development At certain ages, an exam will also include: Developmental and behavioral checks Hearing and vision screenings Immunizations Lead testing and other lab tests Oral health screenings and fluoride varnish application Checkups qualify for school physicals, sports physicals and Head Start required physicals.

Helps families create safe, nurturing environments for children through health screenings, education, support services, and resources that promote physical health, safety, nutrition, and development. Services include: - Blood Lead Testing: Screening services to detect lead exposure in children and adults to prevent lead poisoning. - Child Passenger Safety: Information and services related to child car seat safety and proper restraint use. - Child and Teen Checkups: Comprehensive health and dental checkups for children, including those on Medical Assistance or Minnesota Care. - Clinic Services: Health services such as birth control options, pregnancy testing, and sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and treatment. - Family Home Visiting: Home-based support programs for families, including developmental tracking and postpartum/newborn visits to help parents meet goals and connect with support resources. - Immunizations: Vaccination services and information for both children and adults to protect against preventable diseases.

Provides primary care services, including: - Behavioral health assessments and treatments for Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Child wellness care - Chronic disease management - Dental care services (cleanings, dentures, exams, extractions, fillings, and pediatric dental care) - Immunizations - Individual therapy - Group therapy - Grief and loss counseling - Health maintenance and prevention - Physical exams - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) treatments that include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and brain spotting - Screening and treatment for STIs (sexually transmitted infections) - Spiritual counseling - Sports physicals - Substance use disorder treatment services such as distributing Narcan, medication-assisted treatment (MAT) - Telehealth - Tribal health

Provides comprehensive medical care for children from birth through age 17. Focuses on promoting overall health, preventing illness, and treating acute and chronic conditions. Services include: - Care coordination: Collaborates with other pediatric specialists and community resources to provide holistic care for each child. - Family support and education: Guidance on nutrition, safety, mental health, and developmental milestones. - Primary, preventive, and acute care: Routine check-ups, sick visits, immunizations, and screenings (including lead poisoning if necessary). - Specialty care: Referrals and coordination for conditions such as asthma, allergies, diabetes, and other chronic illnesses. - Well-child care: Newborn, infant, and adolescent exams to monitor growth, development, and overall health.

- Child and Teen Check-ups (for children on Medical Assistance and Minnesota Care) - Home visiting programs for childbirth education, new moms and babies, help with breastfeeding, parenting information and help, home safety checks - Immunizations and vaccination information - Home visits for families whose children have high blood lead levels

Staff provides outreach to families eligible for Medical Assistance (MA) who have children ages birth - 21. Checkup includes: - Dental referrals - Development assessment - Health teaching - Immunizations - Lab tests (Age appropriate, including blood, lead, pap smear, pregnancy testing, Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD), and urine) - Nutrition evaluation - Physical examinations - Vision and hearing screening

Partners with families to promote healthy lifestyles and nurturing environments. Child and Family Health Services support families with the following services: - Breastfeeding classes and resources: breastfeeding support services are available in home, at the Horizon Public Health Office Alexandria main site, and via telephone. - Child and Teen Checkups (C&TC): complete head-to-toe health and development checkups for persons under 21 years old. - Child passenger safety: specialists can answer questions regarding child safety seats and check your car seats. - Family Home Visiting: registered nurses provide a variety of home visiting programs including prenatal, postpartum and ongoing parenting support services. - Follow Along Program: for parents of children ages birth - 5 at no cost to learn if your child is talking, moving, playing and developing on track for his/her age.

Provides primary care health care services including: - Diabetes education - Flu shots for ongoing patients only - Family planning services - Geriatric care - HIV testing - Labs and X-rays - Medical care - Mental health counseling - Optometry - Pediatric care (includes immunizations and EPSDT physicals) - Prenatal care including deliveries - STD testing

- Child & Teen Checkups: Provides regular health checks up for birth - 21 years who are enrolled in Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare - Child Passenger Safety: Provides free car seat inspections - Family Home Visiting: A nurse can come to your home, provide prenatal and postpartum education - Follow Along Programtheirps parents know how thier child is progressing with their health and development - Prenatal Care & Education: Breast and bottle feeding, fetal development, labor and delivery, nutrition, safety and car seats, and more.

Provides family health services including: - Breastfeeding services - Car seat needs - Child and Teen Check-Up - Connects families to resources and support - Family home visiting - Follow Along Program - Postpartum support - Prenatal support

Provides primary care services, including: - Adult and pediatric immunizations - Bone densitometry - Breast and cervical cancer prevention - Cardiac stress testing - Cardiolytes - Child and teen checkups - Clinical breast exams - Colonoscopy - Colorectal screening - Echocardiography - Electrocardiograms - Endoscopy - Esophageal motility studies - Esophageal PH studies - Family medicine - Holter and event recorders - Internal medicine - Laryngoscopy - Mammography - Medical laboratory services - Non-invasive cardiology services - Obstetrics - Pap smears - Pediatrics - Preventative health services - Pulmonary functions studies - Stress echocardiography - Women's health services - colposcopy - Work injury and work compensation care - X-ray services

Partners with families to promote healthy lifestyles and nurturing environments. Child and Family Health Services support families with the following services: - Breastfeeding classes and resources: breastfeeding support services are available in home, at the Horizon Public Health Office Alexandria main site, and via telephone. - Child and Teen Checkups (C&TC): complete head-to-toe health and development checkups for persons under 21 years old. - Child passenger safety: specialists can answer questions regarding child safety seats and check your car seats. - Family Home Visiting: registered nurses provide a variety of home visiting programs including prenatal, postpartum and ongoing parenting support services. - Follow Along Program: for parents of children ages birth - 5 at no cost to learn if your child is talking, moving, playing and developing on track for his/her age.

Provides family health services including: - Breastfeeding services - Car seat education and child passenger safety checks - Child and Teen Check-Ups - Family home visiting - Follow Along Program - Postpartum support - Prenatal support

The program helps identify and treat health problems early. Services includes: - Complete physical exam - Immunizations - Information about your child's growth and development - Oral health exam and referral to dentist - Lab tests, as needed - Vision and Hearing Screening

- Child and Teen Check-ups (for children on Medical Assistance and Minnesota Care) - Home visiting programs for childbirth education, new moms and babies, help with breastfeeding, parenting information and help, home safety checks - Immunizations and vaccination information - Home visits for families whose children have high blood lead levels

Identifies health or developmental problems in young children early to help them stay healthy. Residents on Medical Assistance who may need transportation to a checkup can call through Medical Assistance insurance providers. Services include: - Child and teen checkup exams that meet the requirements for starting school, camp, and other prerequisites - Health screening for a physical exam, oral health, vision and hearing, developmental and social-emotional screening, substance risk, mental health, sexually transmitted infections, HIV, lead, sickle cell, labs, nutrition review, and immunizations

- Full medical clinic services - Family Practice Physicians - Nurse Practitioners - Onsite mammography screening - Diabetes and Nutrition Education Services available: - Obstetrics/Gynecology - Allergy shots - Bus Driver physical exams - Colposcopy - Fracture care - Child & teen check ups - Debridements - Diabetic teaching - Excisions - Family practice - History & Physical exams - ICC/DOT physical exams - Laboratory - Laceration repair - Preventative care - Vaccinations and immunizations - Wart treatment

Partners with families to promote healthy lifestyles and nurturing environments. Child and Family Health Services support families with the following services: - Breastfeeding classes and resources: breastfeeding support services are available in home, at the Horizon Public Health Office Alexandria main site, and via telephone. - Child and Teen Checkups (C&TC): complete head-to-toe health and development checkups for persons under 21 years old. - Child passenger safety: specialists can answer questions regarding child safety seats and check your car seats. - Family Home Visiting: registered nurses provide a variety of home visiting programs including prenatal, postpartum and ongoing parenting support services. - Follow Along Program: for parents of children ages birth - 5 at no cost to learn if your child is talking, moving, playing and developing on track for his/her age.