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If you do not have health insurance for your child, below is a list of resources
For health insurance enrollment information, contact MediCal for Families at 1-800-880-5305 or CoveredCA.com
If your family qualifies for MediCal, you can access dental care by calling 1-800-322-6384 or smilecalifornia.org in order to find a dentist.
If you need help with the application process, you may contact the Healthier Kids Foundation at 1-408-564-5114 to obtain free application assistance.
The following clinics are located in Sunnyvale:
Ravenswood Family Health/ Mayview Community Health Center: 785 Morse Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 (at the Columbia Neighborhood Center next to Columbia Middle School). If you would like to become a patient, please call (650) 330-7416.
Valley Health Center Sunnyvale: 660 S Fair Oaks Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, call 408-885-5000
Quit Tobacco or Vaping!
Quitting tobacco or vaping is one of the most important things you can do to protect your health and the health of a loved one.If you are looking for local programs to help you quit, please click on the following link: Tobacco Cessation and Education Resources in Santa Clara County provided by the Santa Clara County Health Department.Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is being diagnosed at an alarming rate among children and adolescents. Being overweight, making unhealthy food choices (poor diet), not being active (lack of exercise), and having a family history of diabetes place children at risk for a disease once thought to affect only adults. There is no cure for type 2 diabetes. Prevention, early detection, and diagnosis are extremely important as type 2 diabetes can be prevented, managed, and controlled with healthy lifestyle choices and medication if needed. Preventing and managing type 2 diabetes may prevent long-term damage to the blood vessels in the heart, kidneys, eyes, and nerves. For more information on warning signs and what you can do as a parent, click on the following link:
- Type 2 Diabetes - What every Parent should know - English
- Diabetes Tipo 2 - Lo Que Todo Padre Debe Saber - Spanish
Synthetic Drug Safety
Assembly Bill 889 Section 48985.5
Assembly Bill 889 added Section 48985.5 to the California Education Code. This new law requires public schools to share information annually about the dangers of fentanyl.
The misuse and abuse of opioids and other drugs, including prescription medication, is already cause for concern; however, there has been a rise in the prevalence of fentanyl use across the United States.
“Fentanyl is the single deadliest drug threat our nation has ever encountered,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. “Fentanyl is everywhere. From large metropolitan areas to rural America, no community is safe from this poison. We must take every opportunity to spread the word to prevent fentanyl-related overdose death and poisonings from claiming scores of American lives every day.”
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 times stronger than morphine and is now causing more deaths across the country. We are highly concerned about our young people as many drugs including marijuana may contain deadly levels of fentanyl which cannot be seen, tasted, or smelled. The District is working to raise awareness and combat this issue impacting our students and community. Please see the following resources for more information:- https://www.dea.gov/resources/
facts-about-fentanyl - https://www.cdc.gov/
stopoverdose/fentanyl/?s_cid= DOC_Fentanyl_PaidSearch_008 - https://www.dea.gov/sites/
default/files/2022-09/DEA- OPCK_Parent%20flyer.pdf - https://www.dea.gov/press-
releases/2022/08/30/dea-warns- brightly-colored-fentanyl- used-target-young-americans - https://www.cdc.gov/
stopoverdose/fentanyl/pdf/ Fentanyl_Fact_Sheet_508c.pdf - https://www.cdph.ca.gov/
Programs/CCDPHP/sapb/Pages/ Fentanyl.aspx# - https://www.cdph.ca.gov/
Programs/CCDPHP/sapb/CDPH% 20Document%20Library/ FentanylTestStrips_FAQs.pdf
