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Health Resources in Allegany County

Women's/Maternal Health

1st Way Pregnancy Support Center:  Lavale, 301-729-1970

Center for Breast Care:  Western Maryland Health System; 500 Memorial Avenue, Cumberland, MD, 21502; 301-723-4985

Childbirth Classes:  Western Maryland Health System:  301-759-9355; Cooperative Extension Service:   301-724-3320

Family Planning:  Allegany County Health Department

Improved Pregnancy Outcomes: Allegany County Health Department, through a Crenshaw Perinatal Health Initiative Grant, provides information on early prenatal care, nutrition, smoking and pregnancy, alcohol/drugs and pregnancy, warning signs and symptoms of pre-term labor, and kick counts.

Healthy Choice-Physical Health, Healthy Start:   Allegany County Health Department, Free Home Visiting Program for pregnant women, children and families who participate in Health Choice.

March of Dimes:  301-722-5818

Maryland Breast and Cervical  Cancer ProgramFree breast exams, mammograms, and Pap tests for women aged 40 to 64 with limited income and no health insurance, or insurance that does not pay for yearly breast exams, mammograms, and Pap tests.  Allegany County Health Department:  (301) 777-5623.

Maternal & Child Health Services:  Allegany County Health Department

Pregnancy Testing: Allegany County Health Department, Cumberland:  301-777-5620

Prenatal Assistance:  Allegany County Health Department:  301-777-5695

WICAllegany County Health Department:   301-724-3750; WIC is a special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children which provides healthy foods and nutrition counseling to qualified residents in eight sites throughout the county.

WMHS Mammography/Breast Care Services:   Western Maryland Health System Center for Breast Care (Memorial Campus) and Seton Diagnostic Center (Sacred Heart Campus) provides mammography and other diagnostic breast health services.  Free mammograms are provided to low-income women who meet eligibility guidelines (call 301-759-9355 for more information. 

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Last updated:  07-26-01