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First 5 Center Proposes Early Childhood Home and Community-Based Services Medi-Cal Benefit: A Crucial Step in Supporting California Families Across the Care Continuum

Babies bring big change to families and all parents can benefit from emotional, physical, and educational supports to help them with the transition. Over the past few years California has made important strides to improve the continuum of maternal and child health services, from prenatal care to postpartum and beyond.

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Home Visiting Landscape in California

Pregnancy and the birth of a baby are significant occasions that also bring many challenges. Providing support to new parents and caregivers during this time, and through early childhood, is essential to give all children and families a strong start in life.

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Opportunities in California’s Implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act

In this blog we break down some important parts of the Family First Prevention Services Act and its implementation in California to help early childhood leaders understand what the opportunities are.

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First 5's Role in Home Visiting

Today the First 5 Center for Children’s Policy is proud to release The Role of First 5s in Home Visiting: Innovations, Challenges, and Opportunities in California, which summarizes the role that First 5s have played in home visiting.

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Home Visiting Programs and their Vital Role for Immigrant Families

With a presidential administration that has kept immigrant families living in a constant state of fear due to one of the most aggressive agendas on immigration in modern times, and a virus that’s disproportionately affecting communities of color, home visitors can play a more vital role in immigrant families’ lives than ever before.

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Santa Barbara Home Visiting Program Putting Greater Focus on Mental Health

Although home visits are now conducted by phone, and some of the concerns addressed are shifting, one thing hasn’t changed — families continue to seek the support of Santa Barbara’s field nurses.

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Home Visitors Discuss Service Changes as Stay-at-Home Rules Ease Up

As states begin easing stay-at-home orders and lifting restrictions on businesses and public spaces, home visitors, who have shifted to virtual visits during the pandemic, are thinking through how this will impact the field and their ongoing connections with families. To address some common concerns, the Rapid Response-Virtual Home Visiting Collaborative brought together representatives from several models for a Q&A session.

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Virtual Home Visits Reassure Orange County Parents During COVID-19

Visits, now conducted by phone or video call, can be a comfort and an escape from the everyday stresses of living and parenting during COVID-19.

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Basic Needs, Social Connection Rise to the Top for Home Visiting Families

In Sutter County, home visitors focus on basic needs first amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Successes and a Silver Lining to Virtual Home Visiting in LA

The nurses and caregivers of Welcome Baby are meeting the challenge of tele-visits in stride—and the program is seeing some unexpected silver linings to going virtual.

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