Services for Westchester based families
Healthy Families New York (HFNY)
Identify overburdened families needing support. Promote positive parent-child interaction.
Program Description
Home-based services to expectant families and new parents. Trained home visitors provide support, child development & parenting information to reduce family stress. Participants screened to identify risk factors & stressors.
Program Goals
Identify overburdened families needing support. Promote positive parent-child interaction. Ensure optimal prenatal care. Promote healthy growth & development. Enhance family functioning. Prevent child abuse & neglect. Promote parental self-sufficiency.
Population Served
Enrolls expectant parents and parents with an infant less than 3 months old; serves until age 5.
Service Delivery & Areas
By specially-trained family support professionals.
Yonkers (zip codes: 10701, 10703 & 10705) and Mt. Vernon (zip codes: 10550, or 10553)
Contact Info
Julia Dyckman Andrus
Cara Stanley, Healthy Families Westchester Program Manager
P: 914-429-8427 ext 1025
Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Program Description
Intensive home visiting provided by an RN who uses clinical assessment skills to deliver a comprehensive, nationally-proven prevention model. Focus on: family & environmental health, maternal-child attachment, nurturing child-caregiver interactions, maternal life course development, referrals to health & human services.
Program Goals
Help women improve pregnancy outcomes. Help parents improve child’s health & development. Help parents become economically self-sufficient.
Population Served
Enrolls low-income, first-time mothers in pregnancy (first two trimesters) and serves until child turns 2.
Service Delivery & Areas
By registered nurses.
Yonkers (zip codes: 10701, 10703 & 10705) and Mt. Vernon (zip codes: 10550, or 10553)
Contact Info
The Perinatal and Infant Community Health Collaborative (PICHC) Program
Program Description
Community Health Workers (CHWs) assess individuals and families of needs, provide education and assistance, and connect individuals/families to supports within their community.
Program Goals
Improve maternal and infant health outcomes, while reducing racial, ethnic and economic disparities. Assess needs and barriers to accessing services. Connect to community resources. Maintain healthy behaviors and reduce or eliminate risky behaviors.
Population Served
Medicaid-eligible/low-income women across the lifespan (and their families
Service Delivery & Areas
Mount Vernon (zip code: 10550 and 10552), Yonkers (zip codes: 10701, 10703, and 10705), and New Rochelle (zip code 10801 and 10805).
Contact Info
Lower Hudson Valley Perinatal Network/Children's Health & Research Foundation
Carolyn Miranda, PICHC Supervisor
Westchester Community Health Center
P: 914-7200 ext 8020 (Mt. Vernon)
P: 914-968-4898 ext 3380 (Yonkers)
Parents as Teachers at Neighbors Link
Program Description
Parents As Teachers (PAT) is an effective curriculum for parents of preschool children. Registered families receive weekly or biweekly one-on-one parents education, developmental information and support through personal home visits to promote the healthy development of children from pregnancy to kindergarten.
Program Goals
Provide developmentally age appropriate parent resources and effective child-parent interaction techniques. Parent Educators utilize the nationally recognized and evidence based home visiting Parents as Teachers model to deliver home-based early childhood education, developmentally age appropriate parent resources and effective child-parent interaction techniques. Families receive developmental screenings and are referred to early intervention services, internal programs, and/or community resources as needed.
Population Served
Families with children under 5 years old, including parents who are expecting.
Service Delivery & Areas
Must reside in the Bedford Central School District (Mount Kisco, Bedford, Bedford Hills and Pound Ridge).
Contact Info
Neighbors Link
Evelyn Velez, PAT
Parent Educator
P: (914) 893-1775
Stephanie Rosado
Family Center Director
P: (914) 661-6906
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