About EDOPC
Working to improve the delivery and financing of preventive health and developmental services for children
The Enhancing Developmentally Oriented Primary Care Project (EDOPC) web site is a resource for healthcare providers. It contains up-to-date information on child development and mental health issues, including screening, referral and coding/billing for screenings. Through this site you can also enroll in online training on Care Coordination Between Early Intervention and the Medical Home, Developmental Screening, Domestic Violence Screening, Perinatal Maternal Depression Screening and Social/Emotional Screening.
EDOPC is a partnership of the Advocate Health Care Healthy Steps Program and the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (ICAAP). Together, we work to improve the delivery and financing of preventive health and developmental services for children birth to three. We build on existing programs, such as the Healthy Steps model, to develop a range of strategies that primary care settings can implement to effectively provide comprehensive developmentally oriented health care.
EDOPC began in 2005 and over the years has been funded by multiple organizations, including:
- Aetna Foundation
- Chicago Community Trust
- The Commonwealth Fund
- Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation
- Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services
- The Irving B. Harris Foundation
- Michael Reese Health Trust
- W. Clement and Jesse V. Stone Foundation
