Connecting to Care and Services

Home visitors do parent coaching in the home. Sometimes they have incentives (like free baby supplies) for families that choose to participate. Home visiting is a free, voluntary program that works with parents of young children and also pregnant moms.

Home visitors help with:

1. Pregnancy wellness.
2. Encourage well child visits.
3. Encourage timely immunizations.
4. Infant care and nutrition.
5. Parenting skills.
6. Positive parent-child interactions.
7. Stages of infant and child development.
8. Developmental screenings.
9. Child health and safety.
10. Positive support system.
11. Stress reduction techniques.
12. Information on breastfeeding.