Healthy Family Support Program
The Healthy Family Support Program promotes health and well-being for expecting parents and families with infants and young children from birth to age six.
Our coordinators provide support, education, and guidance to help families navigate healthy child development, parenting strategies, and community resources. Program activities may include parenting education sessions, play groups, and creative support groups tailored to meet the needs of parents and caregivers.
Program Goal
To support families in promoting optimal child development, improving pregnancy outcomes, and enhancing lifelong health by increasing awareness of healthy choices and strengthening parenting skills.
Services Offered
- Home visits
- Prenatal and postnatal support
- Assistance coordinating specialized services
- Community education sessions
- Parenting groups
- Parenting tools and strategies
Contact Information
To register or learn more, please contact our Healthy Family Support Coordinators at 705-368-2182 ext. 213 or 202.
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Healthy Babies, Healthy Children
The purpose of the Healthy Babies, Healthy Children program is to provide support to mothers and families with young children up to the age of six years.
What is a Maternal and Child Health Nurse?
A Maternal and Child Health Nurse is a registered nurse who specializes in the health and development of newborns, babies, toddlers, children, and pregnant/postnatal women.
How can a Maternal Health Nurse assist me?
A Maternal and Child Health Nurse can provide information on developmental milestones, breastfeeding, parenting strategies, well baby home visits, immunizations, and referrals to specialized services.
The goal of the Healthy Babies, Healthy Children program provides information and support about parenting to parents so that they can provide their young children with a healthy start in life. Opportunities are provided for families to socialize and share with other families while learning new parenting skills. Families are also assisted in finding other support and resources within their communities.
Services offered:
- Community Health Nurse support
- Prenatal and postnatal education
- Preparation for parenting
- Car seat clinics
- Breastfeeding support and assistance
- Baby massages
- Parenting support
- Home visits
- Learn and play
- Screening and assessment for risks to your child’s healthy development
- Referrals to services and resources, service coordination
What’s in it for you and your child?
- Building relationships
- Fun activities and events
- Story telling
- Learn and play
To register or for more information, please contact the Maternal and Child Health Nurse at 705-368-2182 ext. 213
Additional Resources
Caring for Kids provides reliable information for parents from Canada’s pediatricians.
Best Start Resource Centre provides information on topics such as preconception health, teen pregnancy, preterm birth, breastfeeding, Indigenous child development and so much more.
On the Breastfeeding Resources Ontario website, you can scroll through to find many pamphlets and videos addressing the importance of skin to skin contact, guides to breastfeeding, and breastfeeding after caesarean section among others as well as providing links to other breastfeeding resources.
breastfeedingresourcesontario.ca
Health Canada provides general information about safety for children as well as specifics about safety for sleep and play.