Home Visits for Teen Parents

Skill-Building & Education

The Teen Parent Program tailors family support services to meet the individual needs of program participants through a strength-based, family-focused approach.

Family support workers provide in-home parent skill building and education utilizing Parents as Teachers, a curriculum focused on parents being the first and most important teacher in their child’s life.

Special emphasis is placed on:

• a parent’s role in fostering healthy growth and development during the early years of their child’s life
• creating a nurturing home environment
• child development
• positive discipline
• role modeling
• age appropriate expectations

Medical Care

Many changes occur for young women during pregnancy and all new parents have many questions. This is why a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) is available to provide pre-and post-natal home visits to young families. The PNP does not replace the child’s primary care doctor, but provides additional care and education in a home setting. If a family does not have a primary care doctor, the PNP will help a young family find a doctor that is right for them.

Services provided by the PNP include: