Health Insurance: Uninsured Children Ages 0-5 in Tulsa County
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This statistic shows the population ages 0-5 without health insurance according to the U.S. Census. The percentage is calculated by dividing the total population without health insurance (ages 0-5) by the total population (ages 0-5).

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Tulsa Health Department
The Maternal Child Health Outreach program works to identify and address individual maternal and child health issues, needs and barriers with a focus on improved birth outcomes. Expecting mothers, young children and their families receive assistance from outreach and social workers. Spanish, English and Burmese/Zomi speaking staff are available to provide services at three locations (James O. Goodwin Health Center, Central Regional Health Center and the North Regional Health & Wellness Center) or various community based partnerships. Services include: * SoonerCare/Medicaid enrollment assistance * Links to other services both internal at the Tulsa Health Department and external in the community * Referrals to basic needs (food, shelter and clothing) * Depression screenings * Warm hand-offs to mental health treatment, case management and to other appropriate resources as needed * Educational messages including safe sleep, birth spacing and reproductive life planning In addition, the team also includes community system development specialists to raise public awareness about infant mortality on a system level and develop and implement prevention strategies to address local causes of infant death in the Tulsa Community. For more information, please contact: Kathy Kleine Crabtree: 918-594-4766, kkleine@tulsa-health.org
Tulsa Responds
We provide one-on-one benefits enrollment assistance for SNAP, SoonerCare, and HealthCare.gov health insurance. Schedule an appointment and we can help you determine your eligibility.