Child and Teen Checkups

Child and Teen Checkups is a program for children and young people under the age of 21 who are on Medical Assistance. We are here to help you:

Find a medical or specialty clinic
Find a dentist
Schedule appointments
Arrange transportation and interpreter services for your appointments
Connect families to community resources

Some families will receive this help through their clinics. We will assist all families to find out where they can call for help.

Participate

To participate in this program or to learn more, call 612-348-5131 or email checkups@hennepin.us.

We have multilingual staff and interpreters available to assist.

Make a referral

Agencies and parents or guardians may refer a client or child for assistance by filling out this secure referral form.

Note for subcontracted agencies: referral forms should be submitted by the sub-contracted agency within 24 hours.

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Appointments and checkup milestones

We help make medical and dental appointments and arrange transportation and interpreter services to clinics that provide regular health checkups for children and young people under the age of 21.

Appointments can include:

A complete physical exam
Hearing and vision checks
Lab tests and immunizations
Developmental, growth and mental health screenings
Regular dental appointments
Information about physical and mental health, healthy habits, nutrition and more
Health checkups can be used meet Head Start, WIC, school, sports or day care enrolment

It is important for children and young people to get health checkups at these milestones:

Between birth and 1 month
At months 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 24, 30, and 36 months
At least once a year after age 3 through age 20

Medical and dental clinics

Below is an interactive map of medical and dental clinics in Hennepin County that accept medical assistance for all patients, both for Child and Teen Checkups participants and non-participants.

To participate in Child and Teen Checkups please call 612-348-5131.

The map is best viewed using Chrome and IE 9 and later. Zoom in and out to view clinics. Click on a blue dot for contact information and a link to the clinic website.

View the map of participating clinics.

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