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MOMs PLUS
Regional Health Outreach Services
1916 Boren Avenue, Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98101-1467
(206) 296-7480
MOMs PLUS provides a variety of services for a diverse population of pregnant and parenting women who have low incomes. The focus of service is to improve health care access for women and their families by encouraging prenatal care, substance abuse treatment, stable housing and reduction in the risk of infant death.
For more information or to make a referral, call us at (206) 296-7480 or by fax at (206) 296-7484. Click here to write us an electronic message.
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Personal health services
Other services:
Perinatal outreach and infant mortality prevention
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This program provides community outreach, resources, advocacy and support to a diverse population of low income pregnant and parenting women and their families who are in need of quality health care and social services.
- Provides assistance to pregnant women to establish prenatal care
- Provides community resources for homeless women
- Provides assistance in accessing drug/alcohol treatment
- Provides education and counseling to reduce and prevent infant mortality
- Provides problem solving, life skills counseling and intervention
- Provides nutrition education, referrals and checks for specific foods to pregnant and parenting women, infants and children at treatment sites
- Provides nutrition counseling at treatment sites for pregnant/ early post partum women as part of Maternity Support
- Services Provides some home delivery of WIC/MSS to pregnant/parenting women in treatment or planning to enter treatment soon
Support services for pregnant, substance using women from pregnancy through one year post partum.
Case management by professionals including Public Health Nurses and Social Workers
- Provides coordination of high risk care, including prenatal, dental and pediatric care
- Provides information about growth, development and health
- Provides childbirth education
- Provides parenting information about drug exposed infants and children
Coordination of treatment services
- Provides referrals to the King County Assessment Center
- Provides facilitation of entry into inpatient and outpatient treatment
- Assists with discharge planning and referrals to clean and sober housing
Referral to community resources
- Referrals to mental health counseling
- Referrals to sexual abuse/domestic violence groups
- Arranges transportation
- Referrals to parenting classes
- Provides WIC and nutritional counseling
Legal advocacy
- Provides jail outreach and coordination
- Provides referrals to treatment and legal support services
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