Illinois Department of Human Services

FASD Prevention Subcontractors

(Brief Intervention)

Illinois Department of Human Services

Stephanie Bess

535 W. Jefferson

Springfield, IL 62702

217-782-2166 (phone)

217-785-5247 (fax)

The Illinois Department of Human Services is working to integrate alcohol screening and brief intervention within its Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Program. The intervention is starting out as a pilot project in Winnebago County, a county of 295,635 in Northern Illinois. The intervention will then be implemented throughout WIC clinics in Illinois. The goal of the project is to increase the number of women who commit to completely abstaining from drinking during pregnancy. The target audience is all pregnant women receiving WIC services in Winnebago County and, in later option years, all pregnant women receiving WIC services in Illinois. The project supports the state’s goal of improved pregnancy outcomes.

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