Blue Hills Healthy Families Program provides services to famililies living in the following communities: Quincy, Weymouth, Braintree, Hingham, Hull, Norwell, Cohasset, Scituate, Randolph, Milton, Norwood, Canton and Sharon.

Healthy Families provides home visiting services to first-time teen parents for the first three years of their child's life.  Home visitors build relationships with families, provide them with information about parenting and child development, and help them connect with other resources in their community.  Home visitors work together with parents to identify family strengths, needs and goals and develop a service plan that is tailor-made for that child and family.

Who is Eligible?

All pregnant and parenting individuals under the age of 21 whose infant is under 1 year old

We strive to enhance family functioning by:

*Building trusting, nurturing relationships

*Teaching problem solving skills

*Improving the family's support system

*Promoting positive mother, father, and child relationships

*Promoting healthy child growth and development

We also provide:

Referrals: To services in your community such as WIC, public assistance, pre- and post-natal care, vocational training, education support, etc.

Information: On all aspects of pregnancy, parenting and teen-related issues.

Support Services: Case management, peer support and parenting groups, individual and family counseling.

Pregnancy and Parenting Support Education Groups: Conducted in area schools and in the community for young moms, dads, and their children.