Healthy Families of New York
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Healthy Families Buffalo (Buffalo Home Visiting) is designed to increase self-sufficiency while decreasing child abuse and neglect. The program matches parents with knowledgeable and caring workers who provide information and support during pregnancy and early childhood. Services include helping families access community resources and services, educating families on parenting and child development, connecting families with medical providers, and assessing children for developmental delays. Services are received in the home and at no cost to the family.
How can we help you?
- Ensure families’ basic needs are met (help is given to families who need services from food pantries, public assistance, WIC, housing assistance, etc.)
- Provide families with a family support worker who will visit them in their home once a week to provide educational information and resources for up to 5 years.
- Promote positive parent child interactions by educating families on child development and by providing activities to help them enhance their child’s growth and development.
- Strengthen the family support system by linking them to appropriate programs and agencies.
- Empower and educate families to enable self-advocacy.
This program is a part of a nationwide initiative called Healthy Families America (HFA), The Buffalo Home Visiting Program is based on over two decades of research and experience with other home visitor programs and is part of the statewide Healthy Families New York System funded by the office of Childhood and Family Services.
Call 716-884-6711 ext 1001 for information or referrals.
AnnMarie Correa – Program Manager – amc@bppn.org
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We provide comprehensive home based services to families for 3 to 5 years after a child is born.
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Meet Lisa, a first-time Mom, working with Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network’s Healthy Families Home Visiting Program
I have been in the program for over 2 years now. My sister was previously in the program as well. My worker is Chevelle and I would like to thank her and Buffalo Prenatal for all the help my family has received. I was able to breastfeed my daughter for a while. Chevelle always guided me and made sure I was doing the right things. Chevelle has always been supportive and honest with me, she will be greatly missed by myself and my family. When I came into the program, I lacked the knowledge about breastfeeding, parenting, postpartum care. I was helped with all of those and was assisted with getting WIC, transportation to and from our appointments, housing and baby referrals.