If you take part in Healthy Families, you:

Learn:

• How your children grow and change over time, and how to support their healthy growth,
• How to create a strong bond with your child,
• Ways to support your child’s learning,
• Ways to work with your child’s feelings and address difficult actions,
• Ideas to handle your stress,
• How to keep your child safe.

Get aid to stay healthy and address health issues, including:

• Help with getting in to see your doctor, dentist, and other health care workers,
• Facts about health and healthy living,
• Check-ins on your mental well-being,
• Advice about foods and meals leading to good health,
• Help with nursing.

Obtain support for your child’s healthy growth:

• Regular checks on your child’s weight and height,
• Regular checks on other ways your child changes, such as gains in speech.

Receive help to plan your family, including:

• Info about birth control,
• Support to help you decide how many children you want and when you would like to have your children.

Gain other supports, including:

• Help with setting your goals,
• Help planning for needed services, and receiving referrals for services,
• A chance for you to take part in get-togethers to obtain extra support.

If you are pregnant, you also receive services so you are ready for the birth of your child.