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COMPREHENSIVE PERINATAL SERVICES PROGRAM

The Monterey County Health Department, Community Health Services Division provides Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH) services that focus on core public health functions of assessment, policy development, and assurance. The MCAH program operates a Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program that provides educational training to a community-based perinatal care delivery system focusing on low-income and Medi-Cal eligible women. The CPSP Program offers technical support and maintains ongoing training for all state-certified CPSP practitioners in Monterey County.

Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program practitioners offer eligible pregnant and postpartum women comprehensive services for up to 60 days postpartum. CPSP trained practitioners consult with clients and provide information that is sensitive to cultural, religious, traditional, and economic concerns to improve pregnancy and birth outcomes. CPSP clients receive ongoing orientation, assessment care, care plan development, case coordination, referrals, and appropriate nutrition, health education, and psychosocial services.

If you are interested in becoming a CPSP provider, please contact:

Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program
1270 Natividad Road
Salinas, CA 93906
(831) 755-4640

Documents/Resource Guides:

Monterey County MCAH Resource Guide 2008 (614kb)
      Please contact the CPSP Coordinator for information on updated lists of
      providers at (831) 755-4640.
Monterey County Health Line (63kb)
North County Resource Guide (236kb)
Monterey County Guide to Breastfeeding Support Services 2007 (English)(784kb)
Monterey County Guide to Breastfeeding Support Services 2007 (Spanish)(1.17mb)
Monterey County Birth Data for 2008 (214kb)