Adoption Pediatrics

Program/Project Name

Adoption Pediatrics

Affiliation Name

Adoption Pediatrics

Website URL

N/A

Model Type

Evaluation

City

Chicago

State

IL

State specific location

Private Pediatric Office

How is program/project funded?

Health Insurance, Indirectly state funding through medicaid payments

Describe how it's funded

Health Insurance, Indirectly state funding through medicaid payments

What services does it provide?

Comprehensive health assessment

Where does it provide services?

Locally-based

Description of program/project

Center of Excellence for Illinois DCFS.
Perform CHE's on children entering care
Perform FASD evaluations, mostly on foster children, in conjunction with Illinois NOFAS

How are patients tracked?

Commercial electronic medical record, Paper-based records

Does the program provide special focus?

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Children in family foster care, Youth in group home/residential care, Young Children, Adolescents, Other

Program/Project strengths

Advocacy for foster children and for foster parents, with the courts, with schools, and with agencies

Program/Project challenges

Information does not flow from schools to DCFS, re: immunizations
Medical histories are often sketchy.

Contact Name

Todd J Ochs, MD

Email Address

t-ochs@northwestern.edu

Phone Number

(773) 907-8864