Healthy Start
Healthy Start is a home-visiting program that provides parent education and support for parents with stress factors that make parenting an even tougher job. We strive to help parents in Guilford County by reducing parental stress, develop and enhance parenting skills, and nurture child development while creating a positive living environment. Healthy Start families will participate in the evidence-based Nurturing Parenting curriculum to lower risk factors of child abuse and neglect and strengthen family units. Services are free, voluntary, available in Spanish and may include the use of interpreting services.
The program mission is to reduce parental stress by providing caregivers with education and support to help with the everyday challenges of being a parent.
Healthy Start participants can receive:
- Parent & Child Attachment/Bonding Education
- Prenatal education
- Monthly Diapers and Wipes
- Home Safety/Safe Sleep Education with Equipment
- Case Management
- Connection to Community Partners
- Child Literacy Education
- Optional In-Home Therapy
Eligible families must be either pregnant or/and have a child 18 months or younger and reside in Guildford County to receive services. Services can be provided until the child is 5 years of age.
If you’re interested, please complete and submit the online referral form, or download the PDF referral form and email it to Kristy Shoffner at Kristy.shoffner@fspcares.org or fax at 336-387-9167.
