State and Drug Company team for child health
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Updated: April 17, 2007
The program will begin in Little Rock on December 1st with a health fair for state employees. Beginning in early 2007, the program will reach children and their families in the Dollarway (Pine Bluff), Harrison and Paragould school districts.
Balance It Out: Arkansas will introduce a variety of initiatives to the three school districts. The program will provide at-risk families with nutritional counseling and classes on healthy cooking, eating and food shopping. Chronically ill Medicaid beneficiaries with children in the school districts will receive one-on-one health coaching to improve their families` overall health.
The program was designed and will be implemented by Pfizer and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (which includes Medicaid).
Balance It Out: Arkansas will be launched in the three selected school districts in early 2007. Pfizer is committing approximately $2.8 million to manage the program over the next three years. If outcomes are positive as expected, Pfizer and Arkansas may expand the program.
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