GROWING UP HEALTHY HOTLINE PROGRAM | NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12237
Eligibility
Varies with program.
Hours
24 hours.
(800) 522-5006
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Toll-Free | 24 Hour Line
(518) 473-8600
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Main | Visitor Reception Center/Information
(800) 655-1789
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Languages
Spanish
Application process
Call for information.
Fees
No fee for service.
Service area
New York
- Offers a maternal and child health information line to obtain information about health care, nutrition, and other health and human services. Information can be obtained from the hotline on:
- Asthma
- Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
- Children with Special Health Care Needs, Resource Directory
- Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
- Child Health Plus Program (CHPlus)
- Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
- Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)
- Domestic Violence
- Early Intervention Program
- Expanded Syringe Access Program (ESAP)
- Farmer's Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)
- Family Health Plus Program (FHPlus)
- Family Planning Program
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Fifth Disease
- Folic Acid
- Genetics Services Program
- Hepatitis B
- HIB Disease
- Hysterectomy
- Immunization Program
- Medicaid Obstetrical and Maternal Services (MOMS) Program
- Newborn Screening
- Oral Health
- Perinatal Depression
- Physically Challenged Children's Program
- Pre- and Post-Natal Parent Education Program
- Pregnancy and Newborn Testing, Key Messages for Pregnant Women About HIV
- Prenatal Care Assistance Program (PCAP)
- Rape Crisis Program
- School-Based Health Centers
- Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Summer Food Program, The Child Nutrition Knowledge Center
- Tuberculosis (TB) and other services for families across New York State.
Last assured
03/17/2026
What's Here
Providing organization
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
New York State Department of Health oversees sites and programs devoted to diagnoses, treatment and research for public health problems. Reviews quality of health related programs including nursing homes. Response to health threats. Facilitates professional medical discipline.