Parent Organization: Lutheran Services in Iowa
Location Information
2502 South Jefferson Avenue, Mason City, IA, USA
Phone 6414231083 | Fax 6414245876
Program: Healthy Families America (HOPES-HFI)
Healthy Opportunities for Parents to Experience Success – Healthy Families Iowa (HOPES-HFI) follows the national Healthy Families America evidence-based program model. HOPES-HFI is a home visiting program and serves families with young children. The program goals are to promote child health and development, improve family relationships, and encourage positive parenting and family relationships.
Services:
- Advocacy and linking families to appropriate community services.
- Teach, demonstrate, and coach parents on how to care for their child.
- Cultivate and strengthen nurturing parent-child relationships.
- Teach and model appropriate parent behavior and methods of discipline.
- Provide prenatal information and support.
Eligibility:
Families must enroll while pregnant or at the birth of their child.
Intake Process:
Call for information.
Payment:
No Cost to Participant
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Appointment Needed: No
Program: Parent Pals
Parent Pals is coordinated intake program, linking parents to home visiting programs and other resources in their community. Parent Pals helps strengthen families through home visitations, encouraging positive parenting strategies, and promoting child health and development.
Parent Pals is funded through the Iowa Department of Public Health and is managed by LSI.
Services:
- Advocate for and link families to home visiting programs and other community services.
- Provide access to other resources
Eligibility:
Open to parents who are pregnant or parenting a child under the age of 5.
Intake Process:
Contact Parent Pals at 1-855-236-9725 or 1-855-BeMyPal.
Hours:
Flexible hours are available to meet participants needs.
Payment:
No Cost to Participant
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Appointment Needed: No
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