Family Home Visiting Programs

Services & Facts

• Voluntary programs offering free home visiting services.
• Get answers to questions about a child's health and learning.
• Help get the support family needs during pregnancy and throughout a child's early years.
• Find information about services available in the community.
• Helps find solutions to needs.
• Help know if the child is learning, talking, and growing the way other children the same age.
• Help to have a safe place for a child to grow.
• Help families have a healthy relationship.
• Bilingual home visits available, i.e. Spanish.
• Work with moms and dads to help them become the kind of parent they want to be.

Home Visiting has been shown to be effective at helping families:

• Improve health status.
• Achieve economic self-sufficiency.
• Improve positive parenting.
• Reduce child maltreatment.
• Achieve goals such as child spacing, education and employment.
• Establish links to community resources.