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The DCDFC offers comprehensive, one-stop shopping services
in the areas of family-centered women's and children's health
care, child care services, family resource and support services,
confidential counseling, and adult education.
Family-Centered Women's and Children's Health Care
• Pregnancy testing
• Prenatal
care
• Childbirth
education
• Labor
and birth
• Advice
on infant care, feeding, and parenting
• Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
(WIC)
• Postpartum
care and follow-up
• Well-child
care and immunizations
• Child
spacing and family planning
• Prevention
of premature delivery
• Well-woman
care for women of all ages
• Cancer
screening and detection
Child
Care Services
•
Full-day care for infants and children,
ages 6 weeks to 3 years
• Developmentally
appropriate activities
• Healthy,
family-style meals and snacks
Family
Resource and Support Services
•
Drop-In Center for families to make
or meet friends, rest, eat a midday meal, do laundry free
of charge, or play with children
• Male
mentoring
• Stop-smoking
programs
• Teen
pregnancy prevention
• Crisis
intervention and emergency assistance
•
Clothing and housing assistance
•
Food stamps, supplemental and emergency
food aid
•
Medicaid enrollment
•
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
(TANF)
•
Welfare to Work
•
Job training and legal assistance
•
Transportation to other services
Confidential
Counseling
• AIDS/STD prevention and survival
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Prevention of child abuse and neglect
•
Alcohol and drug treatment
Adult
Education
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Personal and professional development workshops
• GED and college enrollment opportunities
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