Program Information

What happens during a Home Visit?

A Designated Care Coordinator (DCC) comes to your home - or any place that you choose - and visits with you, answering any questions or concerns you may have. You can also choose to have Virtual Visits with your DCC.

Your DCC helps you to learn the skills and resources to keep you and your family safe, healthy and happy, such as:

• Feeding, bathing and changing your baby

• Putting your baby down for sleep safely

• Good nutrition for you and your baby

• Where to get immunizations for your baby

• Creating a positive and healthy family environment

• Childbirth and labor

• Nutrition and breastfeeding

• Body changes during pregnancy

• Quitting smoking

• Depression Screenings

• Community support/resources (WIC, DHHR, etc.)

• Providing resources for mileage reimbursement for trips to and from medical appointments

• Helping find a place to live

• Finding baby care items

Eligibility Requirements

PRENATAL & POSTPARTUM

• West Virginia Resident

• Verification of Pregnancy and Estimated Date of Delivery

• Valid Medical Card from DHHR or Maternity Services Card through the Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health (OMCFH) or Maternity coverage under WVCHIP (Prenatal only)

  All pregnant teens aged 19 or younger are eligible for medical coverage through the OMCFH regardless of family income if they are uninsured for maternity care.

  If you were denied Medicaid and you are uninsured for maternity care, DHHR will forward your application to the OMCFH to see if you qualify for prenatal coverage with the RFTS Maternity Services Project.

  To see if you are Medicaid eligible, you can apply for Medicaid by:

• Getting an application from your local DHHR office or online at www.dhhr.wv.gov/bms

• Submitting the completed form to your county DHHR office

INFANT

• West Virginia Resident

• Valid Medical Card from DHHR

• Infants Eligible Up To First Birthday 

Right From The Start Project Goals

• Improve Pregnancy Outcomes

• Improve Families Economic and Personal Self Sufficiency

• Reduction in the Number of Low Birth Weight Babies

• Reduction in the Number of Premature Births

• Improve Infant Health and Development