View Search Results

Serves low-income pregnant women, including those who are refugees. Program matches particularly high-risk participants with one-on-one mentors as early in their pregnancy as possible. Mentors are volunteer women recruited from the local community who are expected to visit their mentees at least one hour weekly and to provide mentorship until three months post-delivery. Mentors provide education, friendship, and transportation to prenatal appointments, and assist mentees in getting baby supplies. Mentors also provide critical social support to culturally isolated women. In addition, participants are provided with doula services, educational classes, and referrals to other support agencies. Cultural- and language-matched doulas provide physical, emotional, and informational support to mothers, assist in creating an individual birth plan, and provide interpretation services for refugees and staff during labor and delivery. Clients are screened for WIC and SNAP assistance. Clients are also eligible to attend educational classes on subjects including breastfeeding, nutrition, and the birth experience.

A program designed to help parents meet the challenges of parenting young children and to ensure their children's healthy development. Program provides comprehensive, home-based services to families during pregnancy or with newborns up to three months of age. The family can continue in the program until the child is five years old or enters Head Start. Services of a Certified Lactation Consultant, Doula, and/or Father Advocate can be included as a complimentary add-on for families. A support group for fathers is also offered.

MICHC will provide education, outreach, home visitation, referrals and follow-up to improve the general health and well-being of women and infants, with a focus on family planning and self-sufficiency. The program will engage women and link families to health and other supportive services in the targeted communities of Newburgh, Middletown and Port Jervis.

Provides parenting workshops, toddler story hours and playgroups, parent support groups, book clubs, home visiting, and referrals to community resources.

A home visiting program for Chautauqua County mothers and their children from pregnancy to age 2. Helps families to achieve healthy outcomes through an evidence-based home visiting curriculum, developmental screenings for children, screenings for mothers, and resources and referrals to address social determinants of health. Provides the following services: - Education on health topics and private supportive visits in the comfort of the family's home - Linkage with nutrition programs and breastfeeding supports - Assistance finding a primary care doctor, dentist, physicians who can address any current health concerns, and medical/health insurance - Assistance applying for WIC - Assistance obtaining family planning and birth control - Linkage to other services in the community - Assistance scheduling appointments for mothers and children - Assistance with transportation needs and translation - Advocacy

Nursing visits to mothers of newborns, pregnant women, and families with young children. Visits are informal and designed to offer support, reassurance, teaching, and referrals.

Controls and investigates diseases that can pass from person to person, including sexually-transmitted infections, HIV, and AIDS. Provides lead poisoning prevention, immunization clinics, flu clinics, maternal and child health visits, and confidential testing and follow-up for TB (tuberculosis), When needed and ordered by the Health Care Provider, certain Public Health Nursing services may be provided in the home. Visit the GOHealthNY Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram page for news and information.

Promotes healthy babies and families by providing every new parent in the county a one-time visit with one of our public health nurses. During the visit, parents receive one-on-one education related to infant safety, feedings, development, immunizations, post-partum depression, and more.

Services include nursing, social services, home health aides, social workers, infusion therapy, home health evaluations and assessments, nutritional counseling, arranging of medical equipment and supplies, and physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Specialized programs in pediatrics, behavioral health, and wound care available. In-facility assessments for discharge planning at hospitals and skilled nursing facilities available upon request. Serves as a state provider in the MOMS (Medicaid Obstetrical & Maternal Services) Program, providing comprehensive support nursing services for prenatal and postpartum women.

Comprehensive program that deals with families at risk of child abuse and/or child neglect. Provides weekly home visits, child development services, and positive parenting training, along with case management services when needed.

Program offers home-based services to expectant families and new parents, beginning during the prenatal period or shortly after the birth of the child. Participating families are screened to identify risk factors and stresses that they may face, and are offered long-term in-home services until the child enters school or Head Start.

Provides evidence-based, accredited parent support and early intervention program that promotes health and development of expectant parents and parents of babies under three months of age. Offers long-term, home-based partnerships between the Family Specialist and parents from pregnancy until the child reaches school age.

Provides information and support to women during and after pregnancy. Services during pregnancy include prenatal education which focus on fetal growth, stages of labor, breastfeeding, etc. After birth services offered are postpartum home visits, weight and length check, breastfeeding help, referrals for other specialized needs, nutritional consults and dental care, and much more. Support services are available by telephone or a home visit.

Provides preschool children with early learning experiences that are aimed at meeting their developmental, social, and physical needs prior to entering elementary school.

Offers free educational home or virtual visits to pregnant women, new moms, postpartum women, and/or breastfeeding moms. Also works with Kids on Track and other partners to get expecting parents, newborns, families, etc. connected for services.

Financial assistance in purchasing healthy foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding education and assistance, healthcare access.

Provides services to pregnant women, new mothers, and babies, including a home visit after pregnancy. Offers education on pregnancy, labor and delivery, breastfeeding, lead poisoning, dental care, tobacco/smoking cessation, family planning, immunizations, child care, parenting skills, and child growth and development. Also provides resources related to prenatal substance abuse, depression, and HIV/STDs.

Provides outreach and home visitation to high-risk women, men, and their families. Offers assistance and advocacy for clients to overcome barriers to accessing needed services including help finding a doctor or other medical provider, help with enrollment in a health insurance plan, information on reproductive health, and referrals for help with issues such as relationship violence, substance abuse, and mental health.

Offers home visits to pregnant women for prenatal health education and guidance. Facilitates connections to additional programs and services that may help the individual through the pregnancy including referring agencies that can help in enrolling into Medicaid for uninsured pregnant individuals. Offers home visits by Certified Lactation Counselors following delivery to assist the breastfeeding mother with issues or concerns.

PACT provides parent education program focusing on parent as primary teacher of young child.

Offers more opportunities to women experiencing challenging pregnancy situations, and empowers them to make decisions that they can live with.

Services are offered from pregnancy until their child reaches age five. Home visitors bring toys, books, activities, and information to stimulate your child's development. They also complete developmental screenings, monitoring your child's milestones, and offer referrals to community resources. Home visitors are certified by the Parents As Teachers National Center as Parent Educators and use the Parents as Teachers curriculum.

Offers home visits to pregnant women for prenatal health education and guidance. Facilitates connections to additional programs and services that may help the individual through the pregnancy including referring agencies that can help in enrolling into Medicaid for uninsured pregnant individuals. Offers home visits by Certified Lactation Counselors following delivery to assist the breastfeeding mother with issues or concerns.