- Your family can receive free and voluntary home visiting services from a family support specialist, often called a home visitor trained to understand the needs of pregnant and parenting families
- Your family participates in visits delivered in your home or where you feel comfortable
- Through home visits, your family support specialist will help you set goals and support you to meet your goals
- Your family will meet other families through groups offered by MHVI programs
Home visits may include:
- Support in connecting to health care
- Information on child development and early learning
- Parenting support (for example, support with breastfeeding and care for your baby)
- Support in setting and achieving goals for your future
- Help finding employment and childcare
Resources for parents
- For information on how to support your child’s early brain development using brain building resources and participate in fun children’s activities in your area, please visit: www.BrainBuildingInProgress.org
- For information and guidance on supporting your child’s well-being provided by the nation’s leading child health experts, please visit: www.HealthyChildren.org
- For recommendations and information on your child’s health, behavior, and developmental growth, please visit: www.KidsHealth.org
- If you are looking for parenting support programs in your area and would like to connect with other parents about parenting information & resources, please visit: www.OneToughJob.org
- Families looking for free, confidential, and multilingual support to find resources can call 211 or visit www.mass211.org