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Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-visiting (MECSH)

MECSH logoMaternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-visiting (MECSH)

MECSH is an evidenced-based nurse home visiting program that helps families’ parent effectively despite the challenges and difficulties they face. Families are partnered with a nurse who will provide them with education on how to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. Nurses will also help families set goals for themselves and provide them with resources to help achieve their goals. Families will learn positive parenting skills, ways to bond and play with their baby, and skills to access community resources.

Benefits of MECSH

  • MECSH is designed to support parents’ transition to parenthood as they learn to adapt and self-manage despite day-to-day challenges.
  • Improve parental and child health and well-being.
  • Support and model positive parent-infant interaction.
  • Promote positive parent-child relationships.
  • Help parents establish and achieve goals for themselves and their children.
  • Help parents foster relationships within their family and community.

Eligibility requirements of MECSH

  • Individuals who are pregnant
  • Up to 8 weeks from hospital discharge after baby was born
  • Live in service area

Nurse-Family Partnership

Parenting Help from Healthcare Professionals

Children don’t come with an instructional guide. So it’s only normal that new parents face challenges and doubt. In times like these, someone is here to help you. Nurse-Family Partnership is a community healthcare program that will connect you with a nurse home visitor. Through the visits, you will learn how you can best care for your child. Our goal is to help you become confident and assured in your parenting skills, so you and your child can look forward to a better future.

Nurse-Family Partnership is a free, evidence-based program designed to help pregnant people become successful, self-reliant parents. Our home visitor nurses start working with first-time parents while they are pregnant to prepare them for the challenges and the joys of parenthood. We help you develop new skills and feel confident in taking care of your child’s physical and emotional needs.

Benefits of Nurse-Family Partnership:

  • This is an evidence-based program proven to work.
  • We provide you with a variety of free educational resources.
  • We build on the parenting skills you already have to help you become self-reliant.

Eligibility Requirements for the Nurse-Family Partnership:

  • Prenatal first-time parents less than 28 weeks pregnant.
  • Not enrolled in any other home visiting program.
  • Income-based requirements based on household size.

Healthy Families Arizona

Healthy Families ArizonaBuild a Healthy Family by Being a Healthy Parent

Everyone who is having a baby can feel overwhelmed. It’s important to know that it’s ok to ask for help, especially if you’re experiencing a number of challenges. Healthy Families Arizona is a free program that helps mothers and fathers become the best parents they can be. A Home Visitor will get to know you, and connect you with services based on your specific situation. The Home Visitor will work with you as needed throughout the first five years of your child’s life. Our goal is to build on your parenting skills and support you in your desire to make your family stronger.

Healthy Families Arizona is a free program designed to help pregnant people as well as mothers and fathers with their newborn baby and until the child is 2 years old. Our home visitors will help parents build the skills necessary to raise healthy, happy children and create a strong family. Healthy Families Arizona can help you if you feel you experience any barriers or obstacles to successful parenting.

Benefits of Healthy Families Arizona:

  • We link families with community resources, health care, childcare, and housing.
  • We help parents obtain education and employment.
  • We provide child development, nutrition and safety education.
  • We teach and support positive parent-child interaction.
  • We provide developmental screenings to infants and referrals to resources if developmental delays are identified.
  • We provide emotional support and encouragement to parents.

Eligibility Requirements of Healthy Families Arizona:

  • Pregnant people and parents of newborns who face challenges that might be an obstacle to successful parenting.
  • The infant must be under three months of age at enrollment.
  • Mothers or fathers must show that the services are needed.
  • The family must reside within the program’s target service area.