Home Visiting

Home Visiting programs throughout Maine offer voluntary parent education and family supports for first time families with children aged prenatal through five years. A well-trained professional visits families in their homes and offers a wide range of services depending on the needs, strengths and interests of the parents. The program is grounded in prevention and is designed to promote child development, positive parenting, enhanced parent-child relationships and to ensure child health and prevent child abuse and neglect.

Home Visiting is offered to first time families and expectant teens on a universal basis
Home Visiting is offered free of charge to the client
The decision to receive services is voluntary
Visits are strength based and culturally competent
The services required and visitation frequency are determined mutually by the visitor and the family
There are 12 DHHS funded Home Visiting Sites throughout Maine.
Universal home visiting and the Touchpoints Approach Training for home visitors is one of the primary initiatives of the Maine Children’s Cabinet and the Task Force on Early Childhood .

Goals for Home Visiting

Healthy and strong parent-child attachment
Family health, emotional and physical well being
Reduced incidence of child abuse and neglect
Positive and creative learning environment for the child
Positive and effective parenting
Parental competencies and self-confidence
Community linkages/reduces family isolation
School Readiness
Family self-sufficiency

For more information, please visit: www.mainefamilies.org

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