Here in Montgomery County, our Children and Youth program office continues to place tremendous focus on family engagement efforts to ensure that children are being adequately cared for in their homes and avoid foster care placement. That means embracing supportive programming that educates at-risk families on ways to avoid child abuse and neglect. It’s important […]
Op-Ed: Efforts pay off for home visiting programs – Scranton Times Tribune
One of the most important resources we have is our children. I go to work every day to help families and children build a foundation for a healthy future. However, ask any parent and you will hear that parenting is the most rewarding, but also the most challenging, job they’ve ever had. Many parents benefit […]
Childhood Begins at Home campaign supports safety of Washington, Greene families
Child advocates, including Blueprints CEO Darlene J. Bigler, Joan Benso, president and CEO of Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, and Pittsburgh neonatologist Dr. Robert Cicco, met Thursday to discuss a campaign promoting evidence-based home visiting programs and to champion an increase in the 2018-19 state budget to expand home visiting programs to additional Pennsylvania programs. Childhood […]
‘Childhood Begins At Home’ Campaign Launch Supports Development And Safety Of Pa Children, Families
LANCASTER, Pa. (April 12, 2018) – Child advocates, including Lancaster County District Attorney Craig Stedman, Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children president and CEO Joan Benso, and Mary Steffy of the Nurse-Family Partnership, today launched the Childhood Begins at Home campaign at the Women and Babies Hospital in Lancaster. The campaign, which supports the development and safety […]
Op-Ed: Childhood Begins at Home – York Daily Record
One of my primary duties as a pediatrician is to increase the likelihood young parents are successful in the practice of parenting by encouraging positive childrearing practices and promoting activities that enhance child development. Parenthood is tough, even for the most prepared among us. Some families need more help than others. The research in this […]
Too many at-risk Lancaster County kids go without home visits that reduce abuse, delinquency, advocates say
Back-to-back crises tested Shyanne Troop, a 20-year-old, first-time mom: her newborn suffered a stroke and her marriage dissolved. Through each trial, Troop was thankful a knowledgeable and compassionate registered nurse was in her corner. Since early in Troop’s pregnancy, Kendra French with Nurse-Family Partnership made regular home visits, checking on the mother-to-be’s health and her […]
Op-Ed: Lawmakers need to support this commonsense effort to keep kids safe – PennLive
Right now, evidence-based, home visiting programs are supporting the development and safety of our most vulnerable children and their families in Pennsylvania. These programs, funded with state and federal resources, focus on several critical areas: reducing child abuse and neglect and improving family health, education and economic security. Unfortunately, not enough families have access to […]
