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Assists pregnant women with infants and young children to obtain the health care services and other services they may need to have a healthy pregnancy and to promote the child's healthy growth and development.

Family support for families prenatal until school age.

Home based parent education is a Parents as Teachers and Early Head Start affiliated program. Provides in home visitation including parenting support and education. Certified Parent Educators provide personalized visits, group connections, and a resource network to support families through the most critical years of a child's development. Assist with increasing parent knowledge of early childhood development, support children's learning, connect families with needed resources, and empower families. Provides developmental screenings, mental health screening/maternal depression screening, parent/child activity groups, safe sleep education, and breastfeeding support.

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Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Home Based Parenting Education
Parenting Skills Classes

Provides pregnant and parenting young people (under 25) with support services and parent education.

The TYPP includes home-based support and education about healthy early child development, parenting skills and positive life skills.

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Parenting Skills Classes
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Offers health and educational services to pregnant or parenting mothers. Educational classes related to pregnancy, infant care, and parenting are available. Clothing, baby supplies and equipment such as diapers, bottles, bedding, strollers, car seats, and more are available through participation in approved activities and educational programs. Can also offer assistance in locating and providing referrals to additional community services

Nest Programs are incentive-based programs. As participants demonstrate healthy behaviors, they earn points to redeem for baby supplies and equipment for free. Examples of healthy behaviors include attending classes, prenatal office visits, child immunizations, well-baby visits, and home visits.

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Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Parenting Skills Classes

Provides support, resources, and lessons for first time/expecting parents. Clients earn 'credits' that they can use to 'purchase' new infant clothing and items.

Provides:

-- Diapers and wipes

-- Maternity clothing

-- Formula

-- Baby food

-- Nursing supplies

-- Baby clothes and accessories

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Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Baby Clothing
Diapers
Maternity Clothing
Formula/Baby Food

Provides home-visitation services to new and expectant families to strengthen the parent child relationship, encouraged healthy child growth and development and prevent child abuse and neglect.

Young Families Incentive Program for parents of young children. Parents earn points by participating in healthy, educational activities that will assist their children in a stronger future. Points are then used to 'purchase' needed infant and toddler items.

Nurturing Parenting Program classes emphasize the importance of raising children in a warm, trusting and caring household.
Kindred Life Ministries offers a weekly support program for teen parents. Services include mental health counseling, mentoring, financial coaching, parenting education, childcare assistance, life skills, and tangible resources like diapers and wipes.
The Power of Fathers Collaborative is open to all fathers trying to reconnect with their families and learn positive parenting skills to build relationships with their children in a safe, welcoming setting. The 12-week program covers topics such as: fathers' rights, ex-offender rights, job referrals, child support information, male-female relationships, grandfathering, parental self-esteem, domestic violence, child development, and more.
CCAC provides free home visitation, support groups, and supportive services to income qualifying pregnant women and parents with children from birth to age three.Families are visited in their home by a parent coach who support parents as their child's first teacher. Parents learn about healthy child development and practice parenting techniques to enhance bonding and family well-being. Pregnant women are provided support and resources as they prepare for the birth of their child.

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Home Based Parenting Education
Parent Support Groups
General Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Prenatal/Postnatal Home Visitation Programs
Offers parenting support and education for women and men.

Services

Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Parenting Skills Classes

Provides accurate information on adoption, and lifelong support, so the family is successful in meeting the child's best interest by offering the following services and resources:

Provides free and confidential pregnancy counseling for families, every step of the way; before, during, and after the birth of the child.

Assistance with making an adoption plan or parenting plan.

Parenting education.

Support and education for baby's father on request.

Home studies for prospective adoptive parents.

Newborn care home for baby as a safe haven.

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Pregnancy Counseling
Crisis Pregnancy Hotlines
Parenting Skills Classes
Adoption Services
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Provides health education to the public and to schools. Helps with planning and preparedness for infectious diseases or other public health incidents for the Decatur County area. Offers immunizations to children, adolescents and adults, including the flu vaccine.

Home health care services and home nursing is provided to those in need. Can provide personal care assistance for bathing, hair care, housekeeping and laundry, meal planning and preparation, errands, and waiver services.

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Personal Care
Home Health Aide Services
Postpartum Care
COVID-19 Immunization Clinics
Public Health Nursing
Public Clinics
Well Baby Care
Flu Vaccines
Communicable Disease Control
Homemaker Assistance
General Immunization
Expectant/New Parent Assistance

Provides home-visitation services to new and expectant families to strengthen the parent child relationship, encouraged healthy child growth and development and prevent child abuse and neglect.

Mentoring individuals who are pregnant, parenting, or experiencing relational or financial stress with a faith based program, Earn While You Learn. Through a free and confidential program, parents can learn practical care, nutrition, safety, and training of their children from prebirth through the primary grades while earning incentives (diapers, food, clothing furniture, and other essentials) for their family.

Services

Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Pregnancy Counseling
Young Families Incentive Program for parents of young children. Parents earn points by participating in healthy, educational activities that will assist their children in a stronger future. Points are then used to 'purchase' needed infant and toddler items.

Nurturing Parenting Program classes emphasize the importance of raising children in a warm, trusting and caring household.

Services

Parent Support Groups
Parenting Skills Classes
Expectant/New Parent Assistance

Provides accurate information on adoption, and lifelong support, so the family is successful in meeting the child's best interest by offering the following services and resources:

Provides free and confidential pregnancy counseling for families, every step of the way; before, during, and after the birth of the child.

Assistance with making an adoption plan or parenting plan.

Parenting education.

Support and education for baby's father on request.

Home studies for prospective adoptive parents.

Newborn care home for baby as a safe haven.

Services

Pregnancy Counseling
Crisis Pregnancy Hotlines
Parenting Skills Classes
Adoption Services
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Offers pregnancy support services which provides in home services for those eligible. The program is free and voluntary. Home visits made on a weekly or biweekly basis. A family support worker is assigned to use a positive approach and build a trusting relationship with the family. Curriculum focuses on parenting skills, child development and building positive parent-child interactions and bonding.

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Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Home Based Parenting Education
Parent Counseling

Connects pregnant women or couples, and parents of children ages 0-5, to free family support services.

All services are provided by family support specialists who want to listen, offer knowledgeable advice, and help with resources for parenting success. Every family is approached without judgment and focus on connecting families to the right support services that build confidence in raising healthy, happy kids.

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Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral

Offers weekly in home visits with a trained parent educator to focus on parent-child interaction, literacy, meeting milestones and healthy development.

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Prenatal/Postnatal Home Visitation Programs
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Parent/Child Instruction

Provides education, free services, and practical support with a holistic and compassionate approach. Pregnancy testing with immediate results. Limited medical services ultrasound, STI testing, and treatment.

Offers referrals for medical services, legal assistance, adoption and/or financial aid.

Parenting classes B.E.S.T. / Blessings, Encouragement, Support and Training.

Blessing Boutique is an on-site resource center stocked with a variety of items that can only be purchased with Care Cash earned in the B.E.S.T. program.

Hope House Residency program provides care and support for mothers as they build independent lives for themselves and their newborn children during the baby's first year of life. Women are welcomed into a safe and loving family home that provides programs and supportive services. Mothers will receive practical, emotional, and spiritual support.

Threads of Hope is a group designed to support those who have experienced a pregnancy loss through miscarriage, stillbirth or any other form of infant death.

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Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Maternity Homes
Pregnancy Testing
Bereaved Parent Support Groups

Provides voluntary home visiting services that offers family support and coaching for expectant parents and parents of young children ages birth to 3. The program provides guidance about child development, child safety, practical parenting skills, and family bonding. Provides regular visits based on the family's needs, preferences, and schedules. Visits may be in-person or virtual.

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Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Home Based Parenting Education
Provide infrastructure building and enabling services. Infrastructure building activities include partnerships with tobacco control community, connections with Quitline, health equity, distribute information on IA maternal mortality, referrals for prenatal care (medical/dental), partnering with breastfeeding community, linking persons to breastfeeding resources, provide information to persons interested in breastfeeding, work with community of importance of safe sleep, connect families with resources for cribs, education on importance of oral health during pregnancy and working with dental/medical provides.

Other services offered include presumptive eligibility for pregnant women and medical/dental care coordination.

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Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Postpartum Care
Breastfeeding Support Programs
Dental Screening
Prenatal Care
Nurse home visits to educate mothers and families about caring for their newborn.

Provides free and confidential services. Services offered include pregnancy testing, pregnancy counseling, limited ultrasound, on-going pregnancy support, referrals for community support services, support after an abortion, Earn While You Learn Program, fatherhood mentoring programs, and Mother's/Maternity Home.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Pregnancy Counseling
Pregnancy Testing
Mentoring Programs
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Childbirth Education
Specialized Information and Referral
Parenting Skills Classes