
Healthy Families Florida is a nationally accredited family support and coaching program that helps parents provide the safe and stable environments children need for healthy growth and development. The program improves childhood outcomes and increases family self-sufficiency by empowering parents through education and community support.
Parents voluntarily participate in services provided in their homes so they can learn how to recognize and respond to their babies’ changing developmental needs, use positive discipline techniques, cope with the day-to-day stress of parenting in healthy ways, and set and achieve short- and long-term goals. Specially-trained support workers help them improve their parenting skills and achieve goals that increase family stability and self-sufficiency.
Child abuse and neglect has costly short and long-term consequences including hospitalization, child welfare services, special education and juvenile delinquency. Conservative estimates put the cost of treating these consequences at $105,131 per child annually. Healthy Families Florida is proven to prevent child abuse and neglect in high-risk families at a cost of only $2,100 per child annually.
In 2019, Families First Healthy Families Florida program served 394 families, consisting of 869 children and 421 adults.
100% of the children identified as at risk were free from abuse and neglect while in the program and 100% were free from abuse and neglect post service one-year follow-up.
If you would like to learn more about Healthy Families Florida, please call:
Yvette Branch, Program Director
If you are now pregnant, call Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies at 561-623-2800.
If you are concerned about the behavior, learning, or development of your young child, call HomeSafe at 561-383-9800 extension 1702.
3333 Forest Hill Blvd
West Palm Beach, FL 33406
561-721-2887
1500 NW Avenue L, Suite B
Belle Glade, FL 33430
561-996-8710
12300 South Shore Blvd, Unit 210
Wellington, FL 33414
561-283-0635
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