partnering agencies
These are some of the services and activities offered by our home visiting partnering agencies.
Easterseals
- Home Visits with a Family Support Worker and/or Doula (birth support partner)
- Discuss issues concerning a pregnant and/or a parenting mom; including labor and delivery, breastfeeding, and infant and child development.
- Various activities including developmental screenings, art activities and belly casts (for our pregnant mothers).
- Prenatal and parenting group services are available. Groups provide an opportunity for our moms to get peer support in a safe environment.
- Can provide assistance for moms with continued education, employment and finding daycare for their child.
YWCA LaVoz Latina
- Regular home visits and support groups to help answer any questions you may be having and help promote early learning for your child.
- Bi-lingual prenatal and parenting classes to help parents with what to expect and how to promote the development of their new baby.
- Discuss issues concerning a pregnant and/or a parenting mom; including labor and delivery, breastfeeding, and infant and child development.
- Offers many other resources and services for the Hispanic/Latino community.
Rockford Public Schools District #205 Early Childhood Program
- Support and information to families to help their child’s learning, development and success in school.
- Regular home visits and parent/child interaction groups
- Screening for developmental milestones, ideas and activities that stimulate a child’s learning
- Identify family goals and assistance with the transition to a preschool program at age 3.
City of Rockford Early Head Start Program
- Weekly home visits from an infant/toddler specialist, screening and assessments to ensure that development is on track.
- Family support, community resources, medical, dental, mental health and nutrition support.
- Support for infants/toddlers with disabilities
- Pregnant women receive prenatal and postpartum support