Healthy Families

Healthy Families is a program designed to prevent child abuse and neglect by offering support and guidance to parents facing multiple challenges such as single parent status, low income limitations and lack of medical support.

Healthy Families provides early intervention and family support services, helping expectant and new mothers build strong, healthy relationships with their babies through in-home visits.

Family Support Workers stay with families for up to five years and support parents by:

•  Ensuring families have medical providers

•  Teaching parents about the child                      development process

•  Assisting families in identifying the needs of    their babies

•  Supporting families in the home

•  Linking families with community resources

•  Assisting mothers with job placement,             educational goals and daycare

•  Sharing ideas on caring for babies, toddlers  and young children

•  Ensuring families receive recommended

            immunizations

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