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MICHC Collaborative

Maternal and Infant Community Health Collaborative

The Suffolk County Department of Health Services - Maternal and Infant Community Health Collaborative is a NYSDOH grant funded project designed to improve the health of women ages 12 - 44 and their families.


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Healthy Baby and Me

Healthy women produce healthy babies, women of child-bearing age are provided with education about healthy lifestyle choices and alternatives to unhealthy behaviors. Community Health Workers provide home-visiting peer education and referral services to women of childbearing age residing in the Amityville, Bay Shore, Brentwood, Central Islip, Copiague and Wyandanch Communities.

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Baby Talk

The health of our babies is #1 on every mother’s list. Community Health Workers provide home-visits to parenting women to provide one to one education, referrals and advocacy to New Moms. Topics will include: Infant Nutrition, Breast-feeding, Infant Milestones including Developmental Screenings for infants, Referrals to providers of Infant Equipment.

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Cribs For Kids

The Suffolk County Cribs for Kids Program is a collaborative effort between the Suffolk County Department of Health - MICHC project and the NYS Sudden Infant and Child Death Resource Center to provide pack n plays to socio-economically deprived families who do not have a safe sleep space for their newborns. Crib recipients must be enrolled in the MICHC program for home-visiting peer education to be eligible.

Contact Us

Maternal and Infant Community
Health Collaborative

4 Udall Road West Islip, NY 11795
Phone: (631) 854-4023
Fax: (631) 854-4027

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