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* Promotes health and wellbeing of women, infants and children through education and outreach.

• Offers referrals to support services such as case management, parent education classes, and obtaining baby items such as diapers, and other supplies.

• Uses personal visits, group connections, developmental screenings, and linkages to community resources to support parent participants in becoming more aware of early child-development information. Includes: Monthly Personal Visits usually conducted in the home. Elements of each visit include parent/child interaction, family well-being, and development-centered parenting Group Connections offer opportunities for families to meet and develop supportive networks. They are offered at various times and locations to allow wider access to families. They address the needs of expectant participants and parents of newborns Screenings are provided to help ensure early detection of any potential health or early-learning issues or developmental delays Resource Networking and connection to available community resources appropriate to the family's needs

Provide in home services to new and expecting parents in Herkimer County. Family Support Specialists work with families to ensure they raise happy, healthy children that are prepared to enter kindergarten.

• Provides support to expecting parents and parents of a newborn baby through referrals to community resources as well as a voluntary home visitation service. Family support workers provide prenatal and postnatal information, child development assessment and information, parenting skills information and goal setting support encouraging self-suffiency.

• Offers programs covering pregnancy, childbirth and infant parenting. Educational programs for siblings and other family members. Exercise for pregnant women Infant and child CPR and first aid Breastfeeding classes Birthing suites Perinatal center

• Assists with insurance enrollment for uninsured and underinsured pregnant women. Prenatal health education and social support services. Nutrition education. Prenatal Care and Assistance Program (PCAP). Medicaid Obstetrical and Maternity Services (MOMS) program. Childbirth education classes. Infant feeding classes. Confidential HIV counseling. Medicaid Enrollment Services.

• Provides an 8 week program to young men and women who will gain a stronger understanding of their roles and responsibilities, for the best interest of their children: Will be equipped with skill sets to become more confident and competent leaders in our community. Will gain an understanding of their attitudes toward people parenting, peers, family, and relationships. Will increase their ability to respond proactively and reduce violence in their communities. Will develop critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making skills. Will expand knowledge and attitude toward interpersonal and intra-personal skills.

* Trained nurses and community health worker provide home visits to pregnant women and parenting families.

• Provide assessment and education on a variety of health topics including health guidance.

• Referrals made to various community agencies as needed.

• Provides resources and education by community health nurses to pregnant women, postpartum women, and pediatric patients that offer: Medical monitoring. Health education. Pre-and post-natal care. Case management for high-risk pregnancies. * Offers an immunization clinic. * Provides screening for lead poison. * Offers the Pediatric Home Visit Program for children with acute/chronic health needs. * Offers the Early Intervention Program for children with disabilities or delayed development. * Offers the Infant Child Health Assessment Program/CHAP that provides screenings for physical, social and language development.

• Provides free home-visiting services for expectant and new parents facing challenges and stressors, helping them have healthy pregnancies and healthy babies. Services include:
  • Parenting help for mom and dad
  • Information on prenatal care, well-baby visits and immunizations
  • Breastfeeding support
  • Child development
  • Referrals to other community resources and services