Healthy Families Baker is a free, voluntary support program for parents and parents-to-be. Participants are visited in their own homes by family support workers who offer assistance in parenting, and encouragement to achieve their life goals. The program is available to families who are residents of Baker County, and who are expecting a new baby or have a newborn under the age of two weeks.

Healthy Families Baker can help families with the following:

Increase their confidence in parenting
Promote and encourage education for parents and their families
Build the self esteem of parents
Reduce parental stress
Teach parents to manage their finances
Help families to become self-sufficient
Teach parents more about community resources and how to use them to help their families

A variety of family focused services are offered through the home visiting process. Information that is available through Healthy Families includes:

Maternal and child health issues including childbirth education and breastfeeding
Child development
Positive parenting practices
Crisis management
School readiness
Family advocacy that enables parents and children to access the services and community assistance that they need

For more information about Healthy Families Baker, call (904)259-9654

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