St. Joseph Home Visiting Program
The St. Joseph Home Visiting Program provides mothers, fathers and primary care providers with education and support to encourage normal growth and development of happy, healthy babies in positive, nurturing families.
The program focuses on a child’s health & development during the most important period of early brain development – from prenatal to three years of age. First time pregnant women and parents receive weekly home visits by a trained health educator. The visits are an opportunity for new parents to learn about:
- Physical and emotional changes during pregnancy
- Expectations at childbirth
- Encouraging infant growth and development
- Feeding and breastfeeding
- Selecting books & toys that teach
- Creating stimulating environments
- Discovering community resources
- How to work towards solutions for family challenges
- Nurturing positive relationships
- Opportunities for continuing education and on-going learning
All mothers are offered a postpartum home visit immediately following delivery. All first-time parents, families and their newborns who live in the metropolitan area are welcome to participate in this free program. Program participation may begin any time during pregnancy up until a baby is 2 months old. Participation may continue until the baby is 3 years old.
Please call 505-924-8000 to find out more about the St. Joseph Home Visiting Program. You may also download our Referral Form: click here or for (Spanish version).
*St. Joseph utilizes the First Born program model developed and first established in 1997. The model is outcomes-based.