Primary Care for Children in Foster Care and
Children in Preventive Services
A Guide for Staff at NYC Health + Hospitals
How to use this site:
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This site contains a summary of key information along with the helpful tip sheets for consent issues and how to do things in EPIC.
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If you want access to the Family Health Program training slides, click this link.
How agencies will
refer children to us:
1. For children in foster care:
Foster Care Agencies are encouraged to upload these signed forms to EpicCare Link prior to the appointment, but it is not required. The foster parent or case worker can bring these forms:
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Signed consent for medical treatment
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Signed HIPAA release form
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Foster care intake form
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In order to treat this child, we need to know why they are in foster care, and any other information known about their schooling, health, etc.
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Note: NYS law says that the agencies can use their own consent forms - they do not need to use H+H's consent forms for treatment or for HIPAA release.
If the foster care staff don't know how to upload document to EpicCare Link, go to this video and share that link with them, or walk them through the process.
Foster care agencies call our specialized Foster Care line:
(347) 507-3942
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Hotline hours: Monday - Friday, 9a-5p
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The agent will take their information, and the child's information and create the chart.
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While the agency is still on the line, the agent will have the agency upload the 3 documents.
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The agent will see the documents immediately and then will assist the foster care agency in getting an appointment at the Pediatric Clinic of their choice.
2. For families in Preventive Services, the parent must call the following number to make an appointment:
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1-844-NYC-4NYC (692-4692) - call 24/7
3. For children in foster care:
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When the child moves to a new home, the foster care agency should upload this contact information into EpicCare Link so that we know who to contact about appointments or urgent lab results.
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To make referrals to Pediatric subspecialists, continue making those referrals electronically through EpicCare Link.
Tip Sheets for
Family Health Program
Download Consent Forms
To read ACS's guidelines for medical consent for children in foster care, download their most recent presentation here: ACS policies (5/13/19)
1. Consent for general medical treatment: Agencies may use their own form or ACS's form:
2. Consent to share information: Agencies may use their own form, but we are encouraging them to use our form:
Where are our Pediatric Clinics?
Here's a list of the sites providing care to children and youth. Because of COVID staffing redeployments, this list may not be accurate, but the Call Center will get you in contact with your preferred site and they will let you know their availability.
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Bellevue
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Belvis
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Bushwick
Communicare
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Coney Island
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Corona District
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Cumberland
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East New York
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Elmhurst
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Fort Greene
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Gouverneur
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Greenpoint
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Harlem
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Homecrest
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Jacobi
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Jonathan Williams
House
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Judson
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Kings
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Lincoln
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Metropolitan
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Morrisania
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North Central Bronx
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Parsons
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Queens
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Queens Health Net Springfield
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St. Nicholas Child Health Center
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Syndenham
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Williamsburg
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Woodhull
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Vanderbilt
Teens who need reproductive health services can get them at these sites.
Click below on this map to go to the H+H website to see where each clinic is located.
When you go to this map, in the right corner click Refine to search by borough, and click List to see the addresses of all the sites.