What We Are
Right From the Start provides services to pregnant women to insure that they eat the right foods, live safely, and keep medical appointments so that their babies are born healthy.
What We Do
- Help you arrange to receive care for yourself and your baby.
- Assist with your medical care if you have no insurance or limited benefits and are not eligible for Medicaid but meet certain other requirements.
- Arrange for valuable services besides your medical care.
- Childbirth classes
- Classes to help you stop smoking
- Parenting classes
- Classes on eating healthier for you and your baby
- Transportation to medical appointments through the (ART) Access to Rural Transportation
Who Qualifies
There are no resource limits for participation in the Right From the Start Program (RFTS). You may own a home or a car and still be eligible for RFTS services.
To receive services from Right From the Start, you must be pregnant, reside in the State of West Virginia, and have a current, active Medicaid Card, Medical coverage through OMCH, PAAS or Health Plan.
Once you receive a Medicaid or an OMCH card, medical care for your pregnancy and your delivery will be covered even if your income increases.
Children less than one year old may also be eligible for Right From The Start services.