The Childhood Health and Disability Prevention Program will be discontinued on June 30, 2024. Senate Bill 184 required the Department of Health Care Services to change how the Child Health and Disability Prevention Program (CHDP) works before July 1, 2024. This change is part of the Department's goal to simplify things, improve care coordination, and provide more consistent care for children and youth served under the Medi-Cal managed care plans: Health Plan of San Joaquin, Health Net, and Kaiser Permanente. Since the Medi-Cal fee for service providers and the managed care plans must meet all early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment requirements under federal law, keeping the CHDP program is unnecessary. Foster children and youth will still get services through the Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care, which will remain separate after the CHDP program changes.
Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP)
Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) is a preventive health program that has providers who deliver periodic health assessments and services to low-income children and youth in California. These providers provide care coordination to assist families with medical appointment scheduling, transportation, and access to diagnostic and treatment services. Health assessments are provided by enrolled private physicians and community clinics.
Children with Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans or Fee for Service Medi-Cal
The Managed Care Plans and Fee for Service Providers will provide all services previously offered by CHDP. These include:
- Early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and Treatment- comprehensive, no-cost preventative visits
- Annual dental exams and preventative services
- Vaccines for Children Program
- Appointment scheduling assistance
- Non-emergency medical transportation to and from appointments for medically covered services
- Care coordination for clients covered by a Managed Care Plan. (FFS providers do not provide care coordination. For additional help, please see community resources on this page)
Children Needing Health Care Coverage:
CHDP Gateway will now be called Children’s Presumptive Eligibility (CPE): With CPE, a family can enroll
their child in temporary full-scope Medi-Cal for up to 60 days by stating their circumstance. A Medi-Cal
application will need to be completed to maintain coverage. Please speak with your child’s Medi-Cal
healthcare provider to apply.
CHDP Providers
- Existing CHDP providers will automatically transition into the CPE program on July 1, 2024.
- All CPE providers must register for a CPE program training module. Please access registration and training at the Medi-Cal Learning Portal: Children’s Presumptive Eligibility and Newborn Gateway Mandatory Trainings | Medi-Cal Providers. For additional assistance, providers may contact the Telephone Service Center at 1-800-541-5555.
- Providers can e-mail the CPE inbox at childrenPE@dhcs.ca.gov with questions about CPE, transitioning to CPE, and assistance processing manual determination requests.
Insurance Contact and Community Resources
Health Plan of San Joaquin Benefits and Services -
Health Plan of San Joaquin 1-800-936-PLAN (7526)
Health Net Community Solutions Health
Net Members Manage Your Health 1-800-675-6110
Medi-Cal with Kaiser Permanente
Support Center 1-855-839-7613 | 1-800-788-0616 (Spanish)
Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC)
CalFresh
California
Children’s Services California Children’s Services [CCS]
First 5 Stanislaus
United Way 211 Program Stanislaus County 211 - Dial 211 for
Assistance of Services in Stanislaus County
High Risk
Maternal and Child Health High Risk Maternal and Child Health[HRMCH]
Community Services Agency CSA Main
Denti-Cal Smile California Welcome to the Medi-Cal Dental Program 1-800-322-6384
