| Home Visiting This strategy provides strengths-based home visitation services for expectant parents and families with children birth to age three. Services are for prenatal, first-time and multiple risk families. 90 percent of home visiting services funded by the Commission target families living in neighborhoods in Bay Point, Pittsburg, Antioch, Concord, Richmond and San Pablo – areas where teen birth rates are high, and babies are born with low birth weights. The remaining 10 percent focus on multiple risk factor families living outside the identified geographic areas. The Home Visiting strategy will be linked to other Commission-funded strategies, principally Family Resource & Learning Centers (FRLCs) and Mental Health & Special Needs Therapeutic Services. Amount Funded:
$1.75 million FY 02/ 03
$1.2 million FY 03/ 04 Groups Funded:
Contra Costa County Health Services
Contra Costa County Employment and Human Services Dept.
Contra Costa County Community Services Department Subcontractors:
Welcome Home Baby & Perinatal Council’s Adolescent Family Life Program Geographic Area Served:
Targeted Geographic Areas (90%)
Countywide (10%) Progress to Date:
In April 2002, the Commission approved a plan submitted by 9 home visiting programs to develop a coordinated system of care for home visiting services for teen parents, first-time parents, infants and young children and families with multiple needs. Efforts are also being made to assist families who are not eligible for existing programs. The funded agencies are working together to coordinate home visiting programs by: - Creating a multi-disciplinary team to support home visitors working with multiple need families
- Implementing a training plan for all Contra Costa home visitors; trainings will begin Fall 2002
- Developing a new, meaningful evaluation to measure the impact of the home visiting strategy
- Exploring all leverage opportunities
Last Updated December 10, 2002. |