Description
Program Goals - To improve upon the support system, teach family members problem solving skills, promote healthy child growth and development and promote positive parent-child relationships.
The Department of Family Advocacy is pleased to announce a new program called Healthy Families. Healthy Families is a volunteer program that seeks to provide community based resources and support programs for Native American families in Pontotoc County, OK.
The Healthy Families program teaches the things that are needed to know about being a parent. Also, it teaches about child development, nutrition, etc. This program is community based and offers home visitation to families. The program is voluntary and is at no cost to the family. Some benefits included in this program will strengthen: child health/development, parent child interaction, parents' ability to reach personal goals and use of community resources.
Home visits are a key part of the Healthy families program. Family Support workers give personal support during pregnancy and up to five years of the child's life. Activities provided by the support worker will involve everyone who participates in the care of a baby. The support worker focuses on personal/environmental health parenting skills and child development skills. Home visits may be once a week to every three months.
Families who enroll in the Healthy Families program will receive the following services at no cost: parenting education, develop support systems, child development screenings, transportation and respite care.
For more information regarding this program, please call (580) 272-5550.
Staff members are:
Angela Connor, M.S.W. – Director
Ginger Young, B.A. – Program Supervisor
Randi Hudson, B.S.W. – Lead Family Support Worker
Lori Clay, B.S. – Family Support Worker
Eligibility
This program is offered to women with limited financial and/or social support between 28 weeks of pregnancy and six months after the child is born.
