(Previously known as Child's Hope for Sight) Contact: Dawn Peifer804.938.1624 Email: dpeifer@vaapvi.org Website: www.vaapvi.org Area Virginia Fees Not specified Services Provides support to families, caregivers and professionals caring for or working with children, birth through age 21, that are blind or visually impaired or suspected of having a visual impairment.  We are the Virginia affiliate of NAPVI (www.napvi.org).

Contact: Paula Miller703.426.9815 Email: pnmiller@cox.net OR Contact: Karen Adelstein703.243.3363 Email: jadelstein1@yahoo.com OR Contact: Paula Crosby Email: paulac1212@gmail.com Web site:  www.virginia-smiles.org Area Virginia and Northern Virginia Fees There are no fees for services, but the child must be a resident of Virginia Services Provides support to families of children born with a cleft in Virginia, with a large concentration of families in Northern Virginia.

“EWWW! I do NOT like cauliflower,” a fifth grade boy said recently. He had arrived at the Inova Healthy Plate Club – a weekly class that teaches kids about healthy eating and cooking – to find he’d be making cauliflower nuggets. But, as this student and his classmates beat the eggs, measured ingredients, and lightly breaded the cauliflower, his attitude started to change. By the end of the hour, he was happily eating a plate of cauliflower nuggets. “I guess I DO like cauliflower!” This scenario is not uncommon to the Inova Healthy Plate Club.

Update Medicaid Information - COVID-19: Return to Normal Enrollment Virginia Medicaid will soon return to their normal enrollment processes. We want to help ensure you keep your Medicaid healthcare coverage, if eligible. In order to receive important paperwork to continue coverage please make sure Medicaid/FAMIS has the following current information: Mailing address Mobile phone number Email It's important to make sure we can reach you with information about changes to your health insurance. There may be steps you need to take to keep your coverage.

Thank you for your interest in events sponsored by Inova Partnership for Healthier Communities. Please complete the form below. You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form. What event(s) would you like to register for?

Please contact me so that I can find out about free to very low cost medical programs. A representative may call me to schedule an interview by telephone, or in person. I understand the information shared in this interview will be confidential.

The goal of the Partnership for Healthier Communities (PHC) Access to Care program is to identify uninsured children and adults and connect them to an appropriate and affordable source of quality healthcare services through programs like Medicaid, CHIP and free or low-cost medical care coverage programs for children and adults. How PHC Works OUTREACH: PHC is stationed in the schools and community to identify uninsured children and adults.

Partnership for Healthier Communities greatly appreciates the generous support from individuals, organizations and foundations such as those listed below. Inova Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services Virginia Health Care Foundation For more information about how you can contribute, contact the Inova Health Foundation at 703-289-2072.

Partnership for Healthier Communities Cecilia Ortega-Shew, LCSW Executive Director, Community Healthcecilia.ortega-shew@inova.org703-698-2490 Silvia Nakasone, MHS, CCHW Health Care Access Managersilvia.nakasone@inova.org703-698-2464 Larry Chicas Prince William and Fairfax County, Program Coordinatorlarry.chicas@inova.org703-698-2574 Gina GomezLoudoun and Fairfax County, Program Coordinatorgina.gomez@inova.org703-698-2548 Gisella CordovaFairfax County and Alexandria City, Program Coordinatorgisella.cordova@inova.org703-698-2565

Downloadable Forms After contacting Northern Virginia's Partnership for Healthier Kids, you may be asked to complete one of these "Request for Information forms." If you have questions, please contact us at 703-698-2550. Request for Information – English  Request for Information – Spanish  Schools or community organizations requesting Partnership for Healthier Communities flyers are asked to complete the Flyer Request Form and return it to us via fax or email. If you have questions, please contact us at 703-698-2550 or PHC@inova.org