Healthy Families is a voluntary home visiting program that helps new and expectant parents strengthen their family's functioning and reduce their risk for child abuse or neglect. The program is a prevention program that works to improve the safety of children while providing support to the family. Home visitors help new moms and dads be better parents by teaching them how babies grow and develop, how to keep babies safe and healthy, good parenting skills, and goal setting.

SGA, by way of funding through Start Early, offers Early Head Start and Head Start programs. They use the 'Parents as Teachers' home-based curriculum, which focuses on motor coordination, language and literacy, and social-emotional and cognitive learning through an individualized approach. Services include parent workshops on childcare, health, and transitioning to kindergarten, as well as weekly group socializations and field trips.

Provides a free, long-term nurse home-visiting service for at-risk pregnant individuals and their families. Every 1-3 weeks program participants meet with a nurse in the comfort of their home. Services include: - Nurse home visiting care/support for pregnant individuals and their families. - Mobile clinic services. - Child and family education. - Employment opportunities. - Healthy food access.

Healthy Families Program - home visits from highly trained personnel to help expecting or new teen parents with a range of topics surrounding child development, education and employment information, connecting new families with assistance around food, clothing, affordable housing, medical care, transportation and other related basic needs.

Parental training and enrichment program that offers education and family support services. The primary goal is to strengthen parent-child relationships, reinforce parenting skills, and promote child growth and development so that all children develop a strong foundation for learning.

Provides confidential healthcare services for individual regarding family planning, tuberculosis care, refugee health screenings, immunizations, women's health screenings, treatment and prevention services for sexually transmitted infections, case management and support for expecting families or babies with special needs. Programs: - Clinic. - Illinois Brest and Cervical Cancer Program (IBCCP). - WISEWOMAN. - Better Birth Outcomes (BBO). -Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Reporting System (APORS). Clinic: - Family planning, including pregnancy testing, contraceptives, and education. - STI/STD screening and treatment. - Refugee health including screenings and immunizations/vaccinations. - Tuberculosis care including diagnostic work-up, medications, and care management. - PrEP (preventive HIV treatment) including screening and medication. Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (IBCCP): - Helps uninsured women 35-64 years of age get life-saving screenings and referrals for beast and cervical cancer. WISEWOMAN: - Helps women life a heart healthy lifestyle through one-on-one coaching on healthy eating, active lifestyle, and smoking cessation. - Provides heart disease screening, including blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol checks. Better Birth Outcomes (BBO): - Provides mothers with personalized support during each stage of pregnancy. - Home visits and monthly engagement provide prenatal education to eligible pregnant women, emphasizing the importance of regular prenatal medical visits is encouraged to ensure a healthy pregnancy and better birth outcomes. - Women are enrolled in the program through pregnancy up to 6 weeks postpartum. Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Reporting System (APORS): - Provides free home-visiting support for families with new babies with identified risk factors. Public health nurses provide education, developmental screenings, and referrals. Services for the public: - Pregnancy testing. - Free condoms. - Testing and treatment for HIV and STIs/STDs (HIV Care Connect - medical case management, testing and treatment, partner notification and treatment, and PrEP). - Fammily planning for those 12 and older. - Children's vaccinations for those with no other provider. - Immunization record request. - Support for pregnant women to have a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. - Assistance with screening for cervical or breast cancer. - Getting started on a heart healthy lifestyle. - Staying healthy when traveling. - Refugee healthcare, including screenings and immunizations/vaccinations.

The Children's Center of Cicero-Berwyn provides weekly or bi-weekly home visits and monthly group socializations for low-income families with children from birth to 3 years old.

Parental training and enrichment program that offers education and family support services. The primary goal is to strengthen parent-child relationships, reinforce parenting skills, and promote child growth and development so that all children develop a strong foundation for learning.

Provides support, education, and referrals to expecting families and families with infants. Also includes the Better Birth Outcomes (BBO) and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Reporting System (APORS) programs. Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Reporting System (APORS): - Provides free home-visiting support for families with new babies with identified risk factors. - Public health nurses provide education, developmental screenings, and referrals. Better Birth Outcomes (BBO): - Women are enrolled in the program through pregnancy up to six weeks postpartum. Expectant mothers can get personalized support from WCHD during each stage of pregnancy receiving: - One-on-one support. - Coordination. - Education. - Guidance. - Access. One-on-One Support: - Monthly visits with a registered nurse to assure mother and baby are healthy. Coordination: - Coordination of care with doctors and other social service agencies. Education: - Prenantal health. - Nutrition. - Best safety practices while pregnant. Guidance: - How to properly wear a seatbelt while pregnant. - Identify and correct possible safety hazards in the home. - Implement and maintain safe sleep practices. Access: - Referrals to childbirth and parenting classes. - Referrals for obtaining baby supplies. - Referrals for food assistance programs. - Referrals to contraceptive services.

Northwestern Children's Practice offers complimentary virtual group prenatal visits as well as individual prenatal visits.

Kids Above All's Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program improves school readiness for 3- to 5-year-old's, empowering parents with the necessary skills and tools to serve as their child's primary educator and most effective advocate. The Family Educators go into the home and use a nationally-recognized, evidence-based curriculum to make sure our kids are ready to succeed in kindergarten and beyond. The curriculum focuses on developing the child's early math, reading and science skills.

The Family Enrichment Program (FEP) is a free personal visiting program for families with children birth to age three. Goal is to promote early development, learning, and health of children by supporting and engaging their parents and caregivers. Program also provides prenatal services. FEP provides support and encouragement to families through: - Prenatal support: Provide information, support, activities, and resources throughout pregnancy. - Personal visits: Parent educators encourage activities for parent-child interaction, provide information on child development, and focus on your family's needs, concerns, and hopes. Families can participate by having in-home visits, virtual visits, or phone visits. - Group connections: Share parenting experiences, gain new insights, talk about topics that interest the family, and provide opportunities for children to interact. - Screenings/Early Learning Checkups: Children are screened on a regular basis to ensure they are healthy, safe, and developing on track. - Monthly newsletters or Facebook: Share up-coming community events, group connections, recipes, and age-appropriate activities. - Services for Spanish-speaking families: Currently in the Galena area, families whose primary language is Spanish can be connected with a Spanish-speaking parent educator. - Lending Libraries: Parents may borrow books and toys for use at home with child. - Resource Network: Parent educators will share community resources to help support you through your parenting journey. - Car Seat Safety Checks (Stephenson County): Provide car seat safety checks by certified seat technicians. - Infant Massage (Stephenson County): Certified infant massage instructors are available to demonstrate massage techniques and discuss all the benefits of massage.

Provides a postpartum nurse home-visiting program. Works to ensure the child and family are taken care of, while connecting them to necessary community resources. Participating families will receive up to 3 home visits from a nurse experienced in maternal and child health, breastfeeding and parent-infant bonding.

Parental training and enrichment program that offers education and family support services. The primary goal is to strengthen parent-child relationships, reinforce parenting skills, and promote child growth and development so that all children develop a strong foundation for learning.

The Family Enrichment Program (FEP) is a free personal visiting program for families with children birth to age three. Goal is to promote early development, learning, and health of children by supporting and engaging their parents and caregivers. Program also provides prenatal services. FEP provides support and encouragement to families through: - Prenatal support: Provide information, support, activities, and resources throughout pregnancy. - Personal visits: Parent educators encourage activities for parent-child interaction, provide information on child development, and focus on your family's needs, concerns, and hopes. Families can participate by having in-home visits, virtual visits, or phone visits. - Group connections: Share parenting experiences, gain new insights, talk about topics that interest the family, and provide opportunities for children to interact. - Screenings/Early Learning Checkups: Children are screened on a regular basis to ensure they are healthy, safe, and developing on track. - Monthly newsletters or Facebook: Share up-coming community events, group connections, recipes, and age-appropriate activities. - Services for Spanish-speaking families: Currently in the Galena area, families whose primary language is Spanish can be connected with a Spanish-speaking parent educator. - Lending Libraries: Parents may borrow books and toys for use at home with child. - Resource Network: Parent educators will share community resources to help support you through your parenting journey. - Car Seat Safety Checks (Stephenson County): Provide car seat safety checks by certified seat technicians. - Infant Massage (Stephenson County): Certified infant massage instructors are available to demonstrate massage techniques and discuss all the benefits of massage.

The Center serves parents of, and professionals who work with, young children with special needs through STAR NET Region II, including North and West Suburban Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, and McHenry counties in Illinois. Services include a broad range of resources and information for parents and professionals, including workshops, on-site presentations, technical assistance, and funding for training.

Healthy Families Illinois (HFI) is a voluntary home visiting program that helps new and expectant parents strengthen their family's functioning and reduce their risk for child abuse and/or neglect. It is a prevention program designed to keep children safe and make sure families have the support they need.

CCAC provides free case management to income qualifying pregnant women and children under the age of one. Support includes home visiting, referrals to health care, assistance obtaining public benefits, and prenatal and parenting classes.CCAC's Better Birth Outcomes program provides free case management to income qualifying pregnant women residing on the south side of Chicago who are deemed "High Risk."

A House in Austin (AHIA) offers home visiting to all families with children under 5 on the west side of Chicago regardless of age or economic status of guardian.

Concordia Place offers the Home Visiting Program which works to assist parents in ensuring their child's health and well-being while working to improve the relationship between parent and child.

Concordia Place offers the Home Visiting Program which works to assist parents in ensuring their child's health and well-being while working to improve the relationship between parent and child.

Shelter's Healthy Families is a nationally recognized home visiting program that offers five years of free, one-on-one support for first-time parents who face multiple challenges. The Shelter's multilingual staff works with parents during a child's formative years-from birth through age 5-to create safe and healthy environments for their babies. Through regular home visits, Shelter staff support parents in achieving fundamental skills such as stress management, effective discipline, health care, and nutrition while connecting them to critical community resources.

Healthy Families is a voluntary home visiting program that helps new and expectant parents strengthen their family's functioning and reduce their risk for child abuse or neglect. The program is a prevention program that works to improve the safety of children while providing support to the family. Home visitors help new moms and dads be better parents by teaching them how babies grow and develop, how to keep babies safe and healthy, good parenting skills, and goal setting.

Midwest Healthy Start Initiative is a federally-funded program that works with Chicago's West Side communities to reduce infant mortality, improve infant health, and increase access to maternal and newborn care. They hold weekly breastfeeding education and support groups as well as "dancing for birth" classes. Some of the free services provided include prenatal care coordination, smoking cessation, health screening tools, and behavioral health. This program educates the community about child development, effective parenting, HIV and STDs, domestic violence, sickle cell disease, and doulas.

CCAC provides free home visitation, support groups, and supportive services to income qualifying pregnant women and parents with children from birth to age three living in and around Maywood, Hilside, Westchester, Broadview, and Melrose Park.Families are visited in their home by a parent coach who support parents as their child's first teacher. Parents learn about healthy child development and practice parenting techniques to enhance bonding and family well-being. Pregnant women are provided support and resources as they prepare for the birth of their child.