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West Virginia Right From The Start Program

The primary mission of the West Virginia Diabetes Prevention and Control Program is to Increase the quality of life for persons with diabetes living in West Virginia. What is gestational diabetes? Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that develops or is first recognized during pregnancy. http://www.wvdiabetes.org/gestationaldiabetes/tabid/1959/Default.aspx

WVU Extension Service educators and volunteers build and help sustain collaborations and partnerships with people and organizations in West Virginia, to improve their lives and communities. Our programs and services strengthen leaders of all ages, youth, and families. We develop and teach best practices for sustainable agriculture, for responsible use of renewable resources, and stewardship of natural resources. We work to improve our states communities, workforce, and the economy. Extension home page:   http://ext.wvu.edu Listed below are links to WVU Extension sites which provide information on resources for WV families including recipes, home safety, programs available for children, Dining With Diabetes, Fun Family Food, gardening, managing finances, along with many other exciting resources helpful to families as well as providers. http://livewellwv.ext.wvu.edu http://ext.wvu.edu/food_health

The Right From The Start Program may be able to help you in the following ways::

	Obtain Medicaid coverage for your pregnancy and your new baby.
	Arrange to get care for yourself and your baby.
	Access medical care if you are uninsured or have limited benefits and are not eligible for Medicaid but meet other necessary requirements.
	Locate other valuable services besides your medical care. These include:

• Accessing Childbirth classes

• Accessing Parenting classes

• Arranging transportation to medical appointments

• Assistance in quitting smoking

• Guidance with eating healthier for you and your baby

Right From The Start (RFTS) Home Visitation Program

The Right From The Start  Program web site forms and documents are in the PDF format. To view or print these documents you must have a PDF Viewer. If you do not have one you may download the Adobe Reader for free - .

The site last updated:  September 12, 2013

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