d with state and local health departments in Washington to develop a population-based model for FAS surveillance among first grade students in two counties in the state. They identified previously unknown cases of FAS and referred the children for therapeutic and special education services. Their mothers were referred to local health care providers. (CDC). Another prevention method the CDC has implemented is Disseminate information, in collaboration with other agencies, from the ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of FAS data. State and local programs can use this information to modify their activities so that they are using the most cost-effective strategies to combat FAS and other alcohol-related birth defects (CDC). The CDC can only implement these programs, but it is up to the states to utilize these programs to help inform woman of the dangers of alcohol. There are several agencies, organizations, states and universities affiliated in implementing the CDCs programs some of them include The Indian Health Service, who have signed an inter-agency agreement with CDC for a joint program to prevent FAS. Three universities and five state health departments have cooperative agreements with the CDC to develop surveillance methods for identifying high-risk women, to design prevention strategies, and to evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies. Another project exists with the Association of Schools of Public Health, Emory School of Public Health, and Georgia Mental Health Institute to develop an accurate method for conducting active, hospital-based FAS surveillance and a case-control study of risk factors for FAS. Monroe County Health Department (NY) has a cooperative agreement with the CDC to use a follow-up program for high-risk infants to develop methods for identifying children with FAS after the newborn period. While there is no cure for FAS or FAE there have been some treatments developed. Treatment p...
