Parents as Teachers Home Visitation Program
Are you having a baby? Do you have a child under the age of 5? Feel like you could use some extra support? Give your child a great start in life!
Parents As Teachers:
Parents as Teachers served 45 families in 2020, providing in-home services over the majority of the fiscal year, and continuing to support the families online via Zoom visits once the pandemic hit our area. Families were grateful to have the continued support of their home visitor during such stressful and uncertain times!
Parents As Teachers:
- Provides you with a Home Visitor who supports you and helps you be the best parent you can be
- Helps reduce the stress of parenting
- Connects you to the services you and your family need
- Teaches you activities that encourage positive parent/child interactions, and supports the growth and development of your child
- Provides developmental screenings for your child
- Helps you set goals
- Helps you prepare your child to successfully enter school at age 5.
Parents as Teachers served 45 families in 2020, providing in-home services over the majority of the fiscal year, and continuing to support the families online via Zoom visits once the pandemic hit our area. Families were grateful to have the continued support of their home visitor during such stressful and uncertain times!
Best of all, it's FREE!
As a parent, you are your child's first and most important teacher!
- Your child begins learning the minute he or she is born
- By age three, children have learned 75% of the language skills they will have as adults
- Children learn best in loving, nurturing, supportive home environments
- We'll work with you to help you give your child a good start in life!
We'll connect you with the help you need to support your child's growth and learning.
Western Connecticut has many resources to support your family. Our Home Visitors can connect you with:
Who is eligible?
Residents of Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, and Sherman who are expecting a baby or who have a child under the age of five.
How do parents get connected with the program?
Parents can refer themselves for services. Or referrals can be made by doctors, childcare providers, social service workers, or anyone who works with young families.
Western Connecticut has many resources to support your family. Our Home Visitors can connect you with:
- Healthcare resources
- Food, nutrition and other "basic needs"
- Periodic developmental, health, vision, and hearing screenings
- Free book and literacy programs
- Affordable childcare and preschool programs.
Who is eligible?
Residents of Bethel, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding, Ridgefield, and Sherman who are expecting a baby or who have a child under the age of five.
How do parents get connected with the program?
Parents can refer themselves for services. Or referrals can be made by doctors, childcare providers, social service workers, or anyone who works with young families.
For more information and to connect you or someone you know
with the Parents As Teachers program, call Families Network at 203-791-8773 or email info@fnwc.org.
Per HIPAA regulations, referrals to the Healthy Families program must be made via phone or fax.
Once you contact us, we will get a referral form to you as soon as possible.
This program is provided with help from private donations and foundations.
with the Parents As Teachers program, call Families Network at 203-791-8773 or email info@fnwc.org.
Per HIPAA regulations, referrals to the Healthy Families program must be made via phone or fax.
Once you contact us, we will get a referral form to you as soon as possible.
This program is provided with help from private donations and foundations.
