Home Visiting
The Home Visiting program helps parents take baby steps towards building a loving, safe and healthy home for their children. It is rooted in the belief that early, nurturing relationships are the foundation for life-long, healthy development. The program gives parents and caregivers the knowledge and tools to ensure their children are nurtured in a loving, safe and engaging environment.
The program is designed for parents facing challenges such as single parenthood; low income; childhood history of abuse and other adverse child experiences; or challenges related to substance abuse, mental health issues, and/or domestic violence.
Families are enrolled prenatally or up to when the child is three. Once enrolled, families work with Family Support Specialist until age five or until the child enters kindergarten.
Cope offers at least one home visit per week for the first six months after the child’s birth. After those initial months, visits are based on families’ needs and progress over time. Typically, home visits last one hour.
The Home Visiting program includes:
Screenings and assessments to determine family's risks and needs
Home visiting services
Routine screening for child development and maternal depression
Supporting parents in setting and reaching personal goals, such as furthering their education, gaining employment or improving their mental or physical health
Referrals to additional resources to help address the family's specific needs
A parent’s personal resources - including knowledge, skills and attitudes toward parenting - impact their relationship with their baby. This program helps parents develop their personal resources to improve family functioning, strengthen the parent-child relationship, promote child well-being and prevent adverse childhood experiences.
For more information about the Home Visiting program and our other services, contact us at 707.252.1123 or hello@copefamilycenter.org.
Cope’s Parents as Teachers Home Visiting program is made possible by funding from the County of Napa, Napa Valley Vintners, and support from the community.
Guadalupe's Story
When Guadalupe first came to Cope Family Center, she was newly single and consumed with anxiety about being a first-time mom. At the time, Guadalupe was being treated by a counselor for anxiety and depression, but her counselor felt she could use additional support. Guadalupe was referred to Cope Family Center, where she enrolled in the Parents as Teachers Home Visiting Program. Working with her Family Support Specialist, Anahi, Guadalupe learned about her daughter’s development, built positive parenting skills, and became more confident in herself as a parent. Now her daughter Brisa is six years old and thriving. Brisa is in kindergarten, and her teacher was surprised at how advanced she is, despite not attending preschool. She is learning very fast, and she knows how to hold a pencil, write her name, and knows her ABCs.