UPDATE: Both agreements that seek to provide home visitation program services for first-time parents in Kern County were approved at the Kern County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday morning.

First 5 Santa Barbara County, in partnership with Santa Barbara County Health, CALM, and our community partners, is proud to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Home visiting programs help parents learn about child development skills. The free programs are for pregnant women and families ...

Jettaqua Johnson was 22 years old, pregnant with her first child, and worried. The father of her child was incarcerated, and she wasn't sure what she would need or how she could manage raising a child ...

We sat down with two people ― Catelynn Kenner, MPH, and Evaluation Manager for First 5 SBC and Project Director for the Central Coast Home Visitation Project; and Kelley Barragan, RN, PHN, MS, and ...

(CNN) — A colicky baby and the lack of support led first-time mom Fatima Ray to call a number at the library offering parenting help. It put her in touch with a home visiting program, in which trained ...

Across the country, decades of research show that evidence-based home visiting programs improve birth outcomes, increase access to prenatal care, reduce child injuries, and support long-term family ...

Home visiting programs help parents learn about child development skills. The free programs are for pregnant women and families with a child under age 5. They are run by local governments and ...