Community Team Programs
Community Team Vision Support the residents of Virginia Beach in their efforts to achieve and maintain optimal levels of health. | Community Team Mission Provide in home and community based culturally sensitive, family centered services for prenatal to senior populations. |
Long-term Care Pre-Admissions Screening Program
Department of Social Services Social Workers and Public Health Nurses provide assessments in the home or in a community setting to assist family members that may be qualify for Medicaid funded long-term care services. To begin this process, contact the Department of Social Services at 757.437.3550. For follow-up information for assessments currently in process, contact the Virginia Beach Department of Public Health Community Team at 757.518.2762.
The Senior Services program provides community-based group health education and blood pressure screening services. For more information, contact the Senior Services Program Coordinator at 757.518-2684.
Healthy Families Virginia Beach
Healthy Families Virginia Beach provides a continuum of services without cost and according to the individualized needs of expectant parents and families with young children. These services include:
Maternal Child Outreach / Intake and Referral
Healthy Start
First Steps
Parent Support
Mother Baby
Infant Playgroup
For specific Healthy Families program information and referral, call 757.518.2620
Maternal Child Outreach, Intake and Referral
A Public Health Nurse provides telephone consultations, information, and referrals to community agencies and resources for expectant parents and families with young children.
Healthy Start is a voluntary home-based program offering parent support, education and referrals to community agencies and resources program for expectant and first-time mothers and their families. Families enter the program prenatally or within 2 weeks of birth and can receive home visiting services until the child is 5 years of age.
First Steps Parent and Support
The First Steps program has a team of nurses and volunteers that provide telephone support, education and referrals to community agencies and resources for new parents with infants up to three months of age. For Parent Support, a Public Health Nurse provides telephone support, education and referrals to community agencies and resources for expectant parents and with infants up to three months of age.
Public Health Nurses provide community and home-based services of education, support, and referrals to community agencies and resources for pregnant women, infants, and children up to age five.
The Infant Playgroup is for parents with babies up to 12 months of age. The playgroup is facilitated by an early childhood specialist and provides parents and babies an opportunity to socialize with others and participate in developmentally appropriate activities.
Sudden and Unexpected Infant Death (SUIDS) Follow-Up – Public Health Nurse provides in- home follow up for Virginia Beach families that have experienced an infant death due to a SUIDS/SIDS related event