| On average, it costs $5,133 per birth for a child born to a teen mother 17 and younger. |
Advance comprehensive women's health in Wisconsin by engaging, educating,
empowering and mobilizing individuals and organizations. |
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|  | Accessing Women's Health Care |
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BadgerCare Plus is a program for children under 19 years of age and families in Wisconsin who need and want health insurance. It also offers access to comprehensive, affordable health care to many families and pregnant women in Wisconsin.
BadgerCare Plus Core will provide access to basic health care services, including primary and preventive care and some generic drugs to low-income adults. Income-eligible adults, from age 19 through 64 who do not have children or do not have dependent children under age 19 living with them, may be able to enroll in the BadgerCare Plus Core Plan. |
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| | | | Health centers that deliver primary medical, dental, mental and preventive health services in medically underserved areas. |
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The Wisconsin Well Woman Program (WWWP) provides preventive health screening services to women with little or no health insurance coverage. Well Woman pays for mammograms, Pap tests, certain other health screenings, and multiple sclerosis testing for women with high risk signs of multiple sclerosis. |
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The Family Planning Waiver (FPW) is a Medicaid Program for women between 15 and 44 years of age. It covers selected family planning services and supplies. The Family Planning Waiver and the Wisconsin Medicaid program are administered by the Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) |
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The purpose of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is to promote and maintain the health and well-being of nutritionally at-risk pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children. WIC provides supplemental nutritious foods, nutrition and breastfeeding information, and referral to other health and nutrition services. WIC promotes and supports breastfeeding. |
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Provides information and linkages to services and resources for women before, during, and after pregnancy and for children including children with special health care needs. |
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The Services Hotline For Women, Children, And Families provides information and linkages to public programs that serve pregnant women and children. |
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A Medical Assistance funded program which helps women begin early and continue prenatal care. The program helps pregnant women and, when appropriate, their families gain access to medical, social, educational, vocational, and other services related to the pregnancy. Services are available to Medicaid-eligible pregnant women with a high risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes during pregnancy through the first 60 days following delivery |
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The BadgerCare Prenatal Program provides health care for pregnant women who have been denied Wisconsin Medicaid because of their immigration or citizenship status, or who are inmates in prison or jail. |
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Healthy Start is a Medicaid Program that pays for medical care for pregnant women, babies, and children under 19 years of age. It covers most babies until they are one year of age, even if the family’s income increases. Families with health insurance may apply. |
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ABC for Health has helped thousands of Wisconsin families solve problems paying for health care. Their Health Benefits Counselors suggest coverage or payment options you may not be aware of. And they can help you apply for coverage. Above all you can rest easy that at ABC for Health you will always be treated with respect. |
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| | | | Under the new Deficit Reduction Act, states must now require all current and new Medicaid beneficiaries applying as citizens to provide proof of their citizenship through a birth certificate or passport. Participants would also have to produce identification, such as a driver’s license. Birth certificates can be obtained by contacting your County's Register of Deeds. |
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| | | | Searching the World Wide Web for health care information can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. The purpose of this guide is to help Wisconsin residents make better health care choices by providing easy access to useful information. |
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| | | Information on how to access Emergency Contraception (EC) to prevent an unintended pregnancy.
You can also call 1-866-ECFIRST to order EC or sign up for the Family Planning Waiver in Wisconsin. |
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| | | | A nationwide, toll-free, bilingual, health information and referral service program for farmworkers and their families. |
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| | | | These resources were developed through the collaborative work of a number of work groups of the Wisconsin Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Committee. |
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