CHANGE, Inc. is a private, non-profit Community Action Agency that provides a variety of programs to low- to moderately-low income individuals/families residing in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia and the surrounding communities in Ohio and Pennsylvania. CHANGE, Inc.’s programs include Neighborhood Youth Centers, Weatherization and Emergency Services, Housing and Transportation Programs, Youth Service Programs, a Domestic Violence Shelter, and a health care center, and each are focused on promoting and obtaining self-sufficiency.
The mission of the Division of Primary Care is to improve the quality and accessibility of health care for every West Virginian, regardless of their ability to pay. The Division of Primary Care provides advocacy, quality assurance, and technical assistance, along with funding and other program services, to community-based health care organizations.
The West Virginia Children’s Health Insurance Program (WVCHIP) is a low cost health care plan for children and teenagers of working families.
CHIP is Pennsylvania's program to provide quality health insurance for children of working families who otherwise could not afford it.
Medicaid's Healthy Start program has been available to children and pregnant women since 1989. In 1997, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was also created to cover uninsured children. In Ohio, the SCHIP program is administered through the Healthy Start program.
Healthy Families offers quality health coverage to families who meet certain income guidelines. This free coverage includes: doctor visits, hospital care, prescriptions, immunizations, prenatal care, vision, dental, substance abuse and mental health services and much more!
