I've been incredibly blessed to work with the Welcome Baby program at United Way for my internship this semester. It's such an amazing program, and I wanted to share a little bit about what we do to help first-time parents in Utah County.
It's essentially a free home visitation program. A family can register for the visits or can be referred through a number of different ways. We send a trained volunteer to their home and teach them about infant development, post pregnancy issues, parenting concerns, and anything else a first-time parent would have questions about! We also have free weekly playgroups with other families in the community which allows parents and children to interact and build friendships. We also teach free monthly parenting classes at the Health Department which are phenomenal.
We work really closely with the Help Me Grow program at United Way as well, and I love keeping updated with their blog to review what I can do for my future children to help promote their development.
If you or any of your friends might be interested in getting home visits along with learning about different resources and activities for their baby, check out the Welcome Baby website and see if it's something you'd like to do. Like I said, it's an amazing program and I've seen it benefit so many parents' lives and increase their confidence as a parent.
This sounds like a great program! I had never heard of it before. I think it would be super helpful for first time parents to get this extra help and advice. :)
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