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• Follow-Up: Activities include ensuring that necessary services are received by families and are effective in meeting their needs. • Referral and Outreach: Services include linking families to available community resources and ensuring connections to appropriate community agencies. FY22 Total Family Encounters: 36,016 Total Families Served: 1,396 Family Assessments: 1,914 Developmental Assessments/Screening: 2,548 Parenting Education: 11,990 Health and Dental Assessments: 3,183 Health Education: 6,902 Community Services Referrals: 15,259 Case Management Services-Family: 20,227 Case Management Services- Health: 7,271

Healthy Families In FY 23, $9,035,501 in federal TANF funds is appropriated to the Healthy Families program.

The Healthy Families evidence-based model is designed to promote positive parenting, improve child health and development, and reduce child abuse and neglect. The model uses home visiting to reach families with young children. The program is designed to meet the TANF goal of assisting needy families so children can be cared for at home.

Families are referred to the program during pregnancy or at the time of the baby’s delivery. A Healthy Families Assessment Worker completes a Family Needs Assessment. If a family is identified as being at high risk of child maltreatment and in need of support services, the family is offered the opportunity to voluntarily participate in the Healthy Families program. When families accept services, comprehensive home visiting is initiated that includes Family Support Workers who monitor and follow up on prenatal, postnatal, and pediatric care. For those parents whose Family Needs Assessments identify the need for support not available through Healthy Families, information and referrals to other community resources are offered.

Healthy Families programs offer voluntary and frequent home visiting services for up to five years. The services include in-home parenting education, child development, preventive health care, and support services. Family needs are assessed and an Individualized Family Support Plan is developed. This plan includes short and long-term family goals and strategies for achieving them. Strategies may include staying in school, finding a job or a better place to live, developing effective parenting techniques, home management skills, and ensuring well baby care. The plan