Longitudinal Follow-up for Newborn Screening 

What is Longitudinal Follow-up?

Longitudinal Follow-up helps children with conditions identified through Minnesota’s Newborn Screening Program and their families. We support children as they grow and families as they navigate education, health care, family supports, and other systems.

We work with parents, health care providers, educators, local public health nurses, and others across the state to:

• Connect children who have been diagnosed with a newborn screening condition and their families to  resources and services in their communities.
  • These resources include but are not limited to:  
    • assistance with finances, insurance, or transportation;  
    • access to food or child care;  
    • connection to home visiting, early intervention, educational supports, family support organizations, or local public health.
• Collect and study data to:
  • Make sure children and their families are getting the information and services they need.
  • Better understand how early identification affects children’s health as they grow.
  • Identify gaps in support and make improvements.
• Use a health equity lens to guide policy and decision-making.