PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Healthy Families Arizona (HFAz) is a free and voluntary home visitation program that serves pregnant women and families of newborns. HFAz is a prevention program dedicated to supporting families in their quest to be the best parents they can be. Program services are designed to strengthen families during the critical first years of a child’s life. Through its efforts to support and educate families, the program has been shown to reduce incidences of child abuse and neglect, provide stability for at-risk families, and increase economic self-sufficiency. It has grown a new generation of healthy families in Arizona.
 

HFAz program goals are to:

•    enhance positive parent/child interaction
•    promote child health and development
•    prevent child abuse and neglect

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PROGRAM SERVICES
HFAz services include:

•    Provide emotional support and encouragement to parents
•    teaching and supporting appropriate parent-child interaction and discipline
•    Provide periodic developmental assessments and referrals if delayed
•    linking families with community services, health care, child care, and housing
•    encouraging self-sufficiency through education and employment
•    providing child development, nutrition, and safety education

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Clinical support is available for staff consultation on difficult issues. The intensity of services is based on each family’s needs, from weekly to quarterly home visits as families become more self-sufficient. Healthy Families Arizona services may continue if needed until the child turns five years old.

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