Family Support Services

Family Support: Zero to Three
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TLC Family Resource Center provides services that are tailored to the individual needs of the family and delivered in the convenience of the home. The purpose of home visits is to help parents develop the knowledge, skills and resources needed to raise a healthy, happy child. What better place to do this than in the home where the family lives? Visits to the home are especially convenient for families who aren’t ready to leave the house with a new baby and helpful to families who don’t have transportation. The visits are always confidential and voluntary.
Parents who elect to participate in one of the parent support programs receive advice, guidance and other help from health, social service and child development professionals. Through regular, planned visits in the home or another location of choice, parents learn how to improve their family's health and provide better opportunities for their children. During the first few home visits, the parents and the TLC Family Resource Center parent educator choose the goals that the family wants to work on during home visits. Sample family goals:
  • Deliver a healthy baby
  • Develop a secure attachment with their child
  • Learn about child development
  • Reduce family stress
  • Connect with community resources​
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Watch nurse case manager Karen Jameson, R.N., M.Ed during parent support visits in the home and the office in the video below.
Family Support: All Ages
​The programs may include support for preventive health and prenatal practices such as helping parents find suitable prenatal care, improve their diets, and reduce use of tobacco, alcohol, and illegal substances. Parent educators can assist mothers through all stages of pregnancy and beyond, providing support to mothers learning to breastfeed, and care for their babies. In addition, parent educators may provide health and development education for mother and child of any age by helping parents understand child development milestones and behaviors and promoting parents’ use of praise and other positive parenting techniques utilizing curriculum such as Growing Great Kids and Watch Me Grow. They may also work with parents to set goals for the future, continue their education, and find employment and child care solutions.
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Over time, families and parent educators build partnerships and work together to:
  • Improve health and development;
  • Prevent child injuries, child abuse, neglect, or maltreatment, and reduce emergency department visits;
  • Improve school readiness and achievement;
  • Reduce crime, including domestic violence;
  • Improve family economic self-sufficiency; and
  • Improve the coordination and referrals for other community resources and supports.​​

For more information
The Parent Support Services FAQ has more information on these programs. Click here.
Funding provided By State of NH Dept. of Health and Human Services DPHS, Maternal and Child Health.