Who we are Since 1979, HomeSafe has been helping victims of child abuse and domestic violence in Palm Beach County. HomeSafe offers comprehensive programs including: • Residential Group Care , providing abused children with comprehensive therapeutic services to treat severe trauma. • Safety Net , providing immediate intervention and prevention services to victims of domestic violence and their children. • Life Skills , helping at-risk youth prepare to become self-sufficient at 18, and well into the future. • Healthy Beginnings , Entry Agency for children birth through five
Healthy Beginnings Offices NORTH TEAM CENTRAL TEAM 1720 E. Tiffany Dr., Ste. 201 2840 Sixth Avenue South West Palm Beach, FL 33407 Lake Worth, FL 33461 SOUTH TEAM WEST TEAM 680 Ipswich St. 2990 N Main St., Ste. 49 Boca Raton, FL 33487 Belle Glade, FL 33430
Healthy Beginnings System Ages and Stages Questionnaire – 3 Prenatal Screen Infant Screen BRIDGES, Outreach Healthy Steps & HB Programs Child Care Entry Functions Early Steps Outreach Screening & Assessment Navigation Referral & Linkage Growing Healthy Smart Families First Step to Success Centering Pregnancy Parent Child “Touch , Refer & Link” Prenatal Plus Home Psychosocial Other community systems Nurse Family Program Counseling Partnership Interconception Triple P Care Enhanced Services: Nurses Incredible · Breastfeeding Supporting Years* · Nutrition Families · Smoking Cessation · Childbirth Education Women’s Health Initiative (WHIN) Child First* CSC Scholarships Teen Community Primary Reach Out Healthy (for quality Outreach Project and Read Voice Steps child care) Program Children are Safe From Babies are Born Healthy Children are Ready for Kindergarten Abuse and Neglect NOTE: *- denotes future programs
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Hospital Liaison Completes Healthy Start Infant Risk Screen in the following nine maternity hospitals: • Boca Regional Hospital • West Boca Medical Center • Bethesda Memorial Hospital • Wellington Regional Medical Center • Palms West Hospital • Lakeside Medical Center • Good Samaritan Medical Center • St. Mary’s Medical Center • Jupiter Medical Center
Developmental Consultant Conducts screens and assessments with children in Palm Beach County. The screening process takes place during home visits or at any selected place by the parent. Source of referrals include: • Healthy Beginnings Providers • Outreach Caption • Bridges • Child Care Centers • Hospitals • Child Net • Community Organizations • Self-referral
Navigation Assists families to obtain medical home, payor source and additional community resources during home visits. • Ensure pediatrician follow up • Medicaid • Health Care District • Florida Kid Care • Food Stamps • WIC • Cash Assistance • Family Planning Waiver
Outreach Conducts Ages and Stages Questionnaires with families, educates and provides marketing for the Healthy Beginnings System in the community. • Family events • Child Care Centers • Pediatrician offices • Libraries • Home visits
Growing Smart A two-year developmental monitoring program for families with newborns. Low-risk mothers that are identified through the Healthy Start Infant Risk Screen, based on one of the following criteria: No High School Diploma nor GED 1. Two children or more 2. Little or no social support 3.
Screens & Assessments
1. Healthy Start Infant Risk Screen Screens 2. Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ-3) Communication Fine Motor Gross Motor Problem solving Personal-Social 3. Ages & Stages Social Emotional Questionnaire (ASQ-SE)
1. Battelle Screener 2. Achenbach Child Behavior Assessments Checklist (CBCL) 3. Edinburgh 4. Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) 5. Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT) 6. Parenting Stress Index (PSI).
Screen Assessment Service Growing Smart Healthy Start IRS Counseling Edinburgh HBN, WHIN or HF
Screen Assessment Service Parent Child Home Program Typical or Monitoring ASQ-3 Early Steps Battelle First Steps to Concern Screener Success Child Find
Screen Assessment Service Parent Child Home Typical or Program Monitoring ASQ-SE Triple P Level 3/4 Concern CBCL Counseling
Screen Assessment Service CES-D Counseling ASQ-3 or PSI ASQ-SE Early Steps M-CHAT or CARD
HomeSafe Referrals • Parent Child Home Program • First Steps to Success • Early Steps • Healthy Beginnings Nurses Internal • WHIN • NFP Referrals • Healthy Families • Center for Family Services • Growing Smart • Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Bridges • Clients in census track • Child Find External • Multilingual • CARD Referrals • Parent Child Center • Other community agencies
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