First Born® and More
Home Visiting Program
Empowering you with Knowledge, Skills, and Confidence from Pregnancy Through the Early Years.
Who Can Benefit
Expectant Parents:
If you are seeking support and guidance during pregnancy to prepare you to welcome your child.
Parents:
If you have a child under the age of five and are seeking guidance on navigating the joys and challenges of early childhood.
Foster and/or Adoptive Parents:
If you are caring for a foster and/or adoptive child, under the age of five, and are seeking guidance on navigating the joys and challenges of early childhood.
Relative Caregivers:
If you are caring for a child in a parental capacity that is related to you, under the age of five, and are seeking guidance on navigating the joys and challenges of early childhood.
Fictive Kin:
If you are caring for a child in a parental capacity that is not related to you, under the age of five, and are seeking guidance on navigating the joys and challenges of early childhood.
How Home Visiting Can Help
For new parents raising a child in poverty, alone or as a teenager, extra support from voluntary, high-quality home visiting services can lead to improved family health and self-sufficiency.
Who We Are
We are a multi-generational, relationship-based, culturally sensitive, and family-centered home visiting program designed to support your family during pregnancy and in the early years of your child’s life by helping you create a nurturing, safe, and stimulating environment for your child.
All services are free, voluntary, and offered to you by your local First Born® and More Home Visiting Program, regardless of your economic status or any other “risk” factors.
What We Offer
Home Visits in the convenience of your own home, your community, or virtual setting.
Support and Opportunities for learning about:
Maternal Health and Well-being
Learn about the physical and emotional changes through pregnancy and beyond.
Childbirth
Learn how to prepare physically and mentally for your baby’s arrival.
Breastfeeding Support
Learn the ins and outs of breastfeeding; and if it’s right for you.
Sleep Challenges
Learn how to establish healthy sleep habits with your child.
Child Health and Development
Learn about the different stages of development to create an environment that encourages your child’s physical, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive growth, and allows you to recognize developmental risk that may need specialized professional attention.
Safe and Stimulating Environments
Learn how to create spaces where your child can thrive.
Building Positive Relationships
Learn how to create and nurture loving and positive connections with your child including age-appropriate expectations.
Family Conflict Resolution
Learn how to identify and utilize your family strengths to overcome challenges.
Advocacy
Learn how to become a voice for your child’ needs.
and much more!
Assessments & Tools
Confirm through validated screening tools, if your child is developmentally on-track, or determine if there are risks for developmental delays, maternal depression and/or domestic violence.
Service Referral Coordination
Discover support and resources within your community tailored to your child and family needs.
How to Get Started
Contact your local First Born® and More Home Visiting Program.
Our Commitment to You:
Professional and Culturally Diverse Support:
Our services are delivered by trained home visitors who are diverse in age, culture, ethnicity, language, education, and experience. Our home visitors live in the community where they work and include degreed and non-degreed professionals.
Individualized Services:
Our services are tailored to your family’s individual needs and circumstances through a collaborative, strength-based, and family-focused approach.
Strong Relationships:
Our services strive to foster a trusting relationship with you, where learning and growth can occur. Strong relationships between you and your child, and between you and your community, are not only critical to the immediate well-being of your child but also to the strengthening of your family.