Preventative Health Services
First 5 Riverside aims to foster a healthy community and provide access to preventative mental and physical health services. It funds the following agencies to help achieve this goal.
Palo Verde Unified School District
Riverside County Department of Public Health- Injury Prevention Services
Riverside County Department of Public Health-Loving Support Breastfeeding ProgramRiverside County Department of Public Health-Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health
Riverside County Department of Public Health-Nurse Family Partnership
Riverside County Regional Medical Center
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
Borrego Community Health Foundation's Smile Factory
Riverside Community Hospital
Loma Linda University-Vision Intervention Program
Loma Linda University-Early Childhood Special Care Dental Program
Parkview Community Hospital
Mental Health Initiative
This initiative’s goal is to promote social competence by preventing and treating disruptive behavior disorders. It is designed to support a full continuum of primary prevention, screening/early identification and early intervention, and treatment interventions, targeting one or more high risk communities with the goal of significantly increasing early childhood social competence and decreasing the development of disruptive behavior disorders.
The Riverside County Department of Mental Health &
Family Service Association provide services under this initiative.
Children's Health Initiative
Inland Empire Health Plan in partnership with the Healthy Kids program, the County Board of Supervisors and First 5 Riverside have collaborated efforts to ensure that the children of Riverside County families with incomes at or below 350 % of the Federal Poverty Level will be covered by Medi-Cal/dental insurance.
First 5 Riverside AmeriCorps Building Healthy Smiles (BHS) +
This team partners with educational institutions to educate children ages 3-5 and parents in Riverside County on the importance of oral hygiene, nutrition and physical fitness for stronger, healthier kids. For more information about this program, contact the First 5 Riverside Health & Communities Unit at 951-248-0014.