Children and Families

Sexual Health

Family Planning
Family Planning is having children when you choose. It involves preventing pregnancy through birth control, education, spacing pregnancies and getting pregnant when you want to.
Agency: Polk County Public Health
Contact: 218.281.3385

Child & Teen Checkups
Child and Teen Check-Ups are well child visits for children ages birth through 20 eligible for Medical Assistance and Minnesota Care.
They include:
  • Vision and hearing check
  • Laboratory tests, including lead, blood and urine as needed
  • Immunizations if needed
  • A complete head to toe physical assessment
  • Health education and counseling about health lifestyles
  • Nutrition assessment
  • Developmental assessment

Agency: Polk County Public Health
Contact: 218.281.3385

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE)
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) are registered nurses who have completed specialized education and clinical preparation in the medical forensic care of the patient who has experienced sexual assault or abuse.
Agency: RiverView Health
Contact: 218.281.9200