Healthy Families
Healthy Families Florida is a statewide, nationally accredited, voluntary home visiting program that is proven to prevent child abuse and neglect before it starts. The program is modeled after Healthy Families America, an evidence-based initiative of Prevent Child Abuse America. Healthy Families has shown consistent outcomes reducing the risk of child abuse and/or neglect on both state and national levels. Trained home visitors provide parents and caregiver’s information, guidance and emotional and practical support.
Services Include:
- Modeling positive parent-child interaction to enhance their child’s development
- Providing education on child health and development and the importance of immunizations and well-baby check-ups
- Conducting child screenings for developmental delays
- Promoting self-sufficiency by setting and achieving goals, furthering their education and acquiring stable employment
- Services are initiated during pregnancy or shortly after the birth of a child
- Services are provided for up to five years, with intensity and duration based on the needs of the family
By teaching parents about child development, age appropriate activities and appropriate discipline techniques, home visitors help break generational cycles of child abuse.
