Healthy Families Shiawassee 0-3

Building Family Strengths

Healthy Families is a voluntary program designed to coordinate and enhance services to families in Shiawassee County with children through the age of 3 in an attempt to provide each child with a healthy start.  All services are FREE and CONFIDENTIAL.

What can this program do for me and my family?

Healthy Families is designed to help with the needs of you and your child.  Having a young child can be stressful for everyone.  Healthy Families offers support and information from a trained staff with experience working with children and families.  Healthy Families can assist with helping you find baby supplies, diapers, and formula.

 What services are provided? 

• Home Visits by an R.N., Social Worker and/or Parenting Educator
• Case Management for families with multiple needs
• Referrals appropriate to your family's needs
• Information on your child's development
• Information on community events, organizations and resources
• Developmental assessments and information on your child’s development
• Health screenings, including hearing and vision

 What can Healthy Families do for my family?

Healthy Families can assist in getting your family in touch with people who can help with such things as: employment, transportation, counseling, food, health care, and education.

What are the qualifications? 

Healthy Families will attempt to serve any family with a child through the age of 3 years, which meet the program risk factor requirements.  There are no income, gender or race qualifications.

0 - 3 Healthy Start program is designed to:

• Help each family acquire the tools to provide their child with a healthy start
• Promote Parent/Child interaction, including parenting education
• Provide access to community resources
• Help make sure each child is properly immunized and knows about access to health care
• Promote healthy childhood growth and development
• Improve family support system

***What you teach from birth through three is what will matter most to me! ***

Related Information: 

www.zerotothree.org

www.connectforkids.org

www.PartnershipForLearning.org

http://www.mctf.org/programs/healthy.html 

A Family Support Worker can come to your home to find out about you and your family's needs and concerns.  The first visit usually takes about an hour.  For more information contact: 

Shiawassee County Health Department

110 East Mack Street

Corunna, Michigan 48817

(989) 743-2355

1-800-859-4299