Information and articles from these newsletters are housed on the San Luis Obispo County Health Access website. The website is updated frequently and is intended as a resource for professionals working with children ages 0-5 and their families.

Please visit: SLOHealthAccess.org.

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2026 Referral Guides!

We're excited to share the 2026 SLO County FRC Directory! This Directory is intended to help providers make effective referrals and link families to available resources in the community. This list prioritizes organizations and resources available to families with children ages 0 - 5 who can assist with service coordination and provide linkages to additional specialized programs as needed. Download the 2026 Directory here. The Directory will be available in Spanish soon!

Our friends at United Way San Luis Obispo County created a quick, easy one-page Referral Directory for a variety of local resource guides. Visit: https://unitedwayslo.org/help/local-resource-guides/

Help Me Grow San Luis Obispo County also hosts a one-page Resource Guide focused on families with children ages 0 - 5 to who may need child development, screening, and special needs support. Visit: https://www.slohelpmegrow.org/resources

The NavigateSLO Resource Guide (NavSLO) connects parents, caregivers, and providers with local services and is maintained by the Public Health Department’s Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Program.

https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/departments/health-agency/public-health/all-public-health-services/maternal-child-health/navigateslo

An updated list of local lactation services along with other supports for pregnant and breastfeeding moms is housed at: https://www.centralcoastbreastfeeding.com/.

Medi-Cal Dental Coverage Changes

Changes are coming to Medi-Cal dental coverage:

• Starting July 1, 2026, Medi-Cal dental benefits for adults who are undocumented or have certain immigration statuses will no longer be provided.
• Children, pregnant women, and certain former foster youth who are undocumented or have certain immigration statuses will not lose their benefits.
• Emergency dental care will still be covered, including extractions, infection, and severe pain.

Please encourage clients to take care of any dental issues NOW.

Click here for more information about these changes and which immigration statuses will no longer be covered. If you have any questions, please email Jennifer Nitzel, Medi-Cal Program Manager at the Department of Social Services: jnitzel@co.slo.ca.us. 

If you have clients currently enrolled in Medi-Cal who are looking for dental care, please refer them to this list to view local dental providers who accept Medi-Cal: slocounty.ca.gov/findadentist. 

Reminder: Your clients can learn more about recent changes, including changes to dental coverage and asset limits, by watching this episode of Healthy Voices in English, Spanish, and Mixteco.

Family Support Updates

Home Visiting Program Now Enrolling!

CAPSLO is enrolling families in the Teaching Together Home Visiting Program. Refer pregnant women and families with children ages 0-5 residing anywhere in SLO County. The program includes:

• Personalized Early Learning Experiences
• Parenting Strategies
• Parent-Child Group Connections, and more!

Referrals can be sent to (805) 459-7699 or tthv@capslo.org. Download the flyer in English and Spanish and visit www.capslo.org/tthv to learn more.

Individual Parent Coaching in English and Spanish

Parent Connection of San Luis Obispo County provides individual, customized, free parent support sessions with bilingual Educator and Coach Lindaflor Larsen. These one-hour coaching sessions can include age-appropriate parenting strategies, normalizing parenting struggles, tools to optimize each season of family life, and more! Refer parents with the Parent Connection Referral Form or contact Lindaflor directly at (805) 540-1223 or Linda@cfsslo.org. Visit www.sloparents.org to learn more.

Family Support Referral Forms

If you are working with a family who is pregnant and/or parenting children through age 5 and they need help navigating resources, accessing health services, or would benefit from case management, please consider referring them to a Family Advocate in their region of the county.

Download the South County SAFE/CAPSLO Family Advocate Referral Form: serving 0 - 5 families in South County, SLO, Coast, and North Coast

Download The Link Family Advocate Referral Form: serving 0 - 5 families in North County, including Shandon, Creston, and San Miguel

A SAFE Intensive Meeting may be helpful for families who are in or approaching crisis, navigating multiple behavioral health issues, and/or facing co-occurring challenges that are putting children at risk for abuse and neglect. SAFE Intensive Meetings are voluntary for families, so please make a referral with the parent/caregiver's knowledge and work with the SAFE Program Manager to determine next steps.

Download the SAFE Intensive Meeting Referral Form: serving families with children age 0 - 18 countywide