<h3>Note: Most counties offer in-home supports via Public Health Nursing. Check your local county website for more information.</h3>
<h3><a href=”https://myhealthmn.org/becoming-program/”>Becoming Program</a> (For Pregnant & Parenting Teens or Young Adults, ages 12-26)</h3>
This program is available for individuals ages 12-26 who live in Carver, Scott, or Western Hennepin county and is a free program offered by myHealth. Nurse visits at home or school to check on mom and baby’s health, parenting support and mental health intervention. Contact kaylaw@myhealthmn.org for more information.
<h3><a href=”https://ppsupportmn.org/ppsm-provider/equal-footing-at-the-family-development-center-twin-cities-metro-area/”>Equal Footing- Twin Cities Metro Area</a></h3>
Equal Footing is a program within The Family Development Center. Its mission is to address the barriers experienced by communities of color and low income individuals in accessing mental health care. Equal Footing’s services include, in-home therapy, recruiting and training therapists of color and/or culturally competent therapists, supporting women of color led organizations, partnering with community organizations that share the values outlined in The Family Development Center Mission and Vision and advancing public policy that decreases the rates of disparities in mental health care for POC and low income individuals and families.
<p data-wacopycontent=”1″><span data-wacopycontent=”1″><u data-wacopycontent=”1″><strong data-wacopycontent=”1″>Criteria</strong></u>:</span></p>

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<li data-wacopycontent=”1″><span data-wacopycontent=”1″>live in the Twin Cities Metro area</span></li>
<li data-wacopycontent=”1″><span data-wacopycontent=”1″>Have MA, PMAP or sliding scale fee available</span></li>
<li data-wacopycontent=”1″><span data-wacopycontent=”1″>Be pregnant,</span> <span data-wacopycontent=”1″>parenting within first two years of child’s life and/or experienced a pregnancy loss, stillbirth, infant death.</span></li>
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<h3><a href=”https://www.miwrc.org/family-stabilization-1″>Family Spirit@ Minnesota Inidian Women’s Resource Center</a></h3>
<p class=””>The largest, most rigorous, and only evidence-based early childhood home visiting program designed specifically for American Indian communities, and is being implemented through a partnership with the Division of Indian Work (DIW).   2300 15th Avenue South, Minneapolis, (612) 728-2000</p>

<h3><a href=”https://www.helpingusgrow.org/”>Helping Us Grow (HUG)</a></h3>
<span style=”font-size: 12pt;”>Helping Us Grow (HUG) is a unique collaboration of Hennepin County school districts, their Early Childhood Family Education departments and the Robbinsdale Area Redesign Family Service Collaborative.  HUG partners pool their resources to provide universal, no-cost home visits to any family expecting, adopting or who has a newborn or toddler up to age two<strong><span style=”font-size: large;”>.  </span></strong>To learn more about HUG, call 763-504-4983 or click on the “Contact Us/Request a Home Visit” page and complete the information requested.  Contact: </span><span style=”font-size: 12pt;”>info@helpingusgrow.org  763-504-4983.  Spanish Line:   763-504-8985</span><strong><span style=”font-size: large;”><span style=”font-size: large;”><span style=”color: #003300;”>  </span></span></span></strong>
<h3><a href=”https://www.metroallianceforhealthyfamilies.org/Pages/Public/MAHFHomeForm.aspx”>Metro Alliance for Healthy Families</a></h3>
The Metro Alliance for Healthy Families is a family home visiting program serving parents who live in the nine county Twin Cities region. This program is for parents who are expecting for the first time or whose first baby is younger than 3 months of age. Metro Alliance for Healthy Families staff offers family home visiting and other community resources to families based upon their interests and needs. Family home visits are weekly for the first 12-18 months and continue with decreasing frequency up to age 4. Family visitors are trained professionals from these fields: public health nursing, social work, early childhood development, family counseling, or infant and maternal mental health. Services are free of charge.
<h3><a href=”https://www.hennepinhealthcare.org/patient-care/mvna/family-health/”>Minnesota Visiting Nurses Association/MVNA (Hennepin County residents)</a></h3>
FREE for all residents of Hennepin County; Support during pregnancy and postpartum, newborn home visits, up to age 3. Public Health Nurses (PHNs) work with families in their homes and other community settings. Assistance with finding community services.  Call for intake: 612/617-4600 ext. 2.
<h3><a href=”https://www.ssfnc.org/family-support/”>Southside Family Nurturing Center</a></h3>
Services are available to families living in the Phillips Community of South Minneapolis. Families qualify for therapeutic early childhood education and family home visiting services based on income and history of trauma.
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<li>Bi-weekly home visiting</li>
<li>Family strengths-based model</li>
<li>Self-directed goal planning</li>
<li>Parenting skills development
<div class=”textwidget custom-html-widget”><address>Minneapolis, MN | 55404, <span style=”color: 857364;”><a href=”tel://6127212762″>612-721-2762</a> | </span><strong><span style=”color: b56183;”><a href=”mailto:ssfncnews@ssfnc.org”>ssfncnews@ssfnc.org</a></span></strong></address></div></li>
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<h3><a href=”https://waytogrow.org/what-we-do/”>Way to Grow – Minneapolis</a></h3>
Our holistic approach begins with the parents to stabilize their families and connect them to basic needs services, meeting them where they are and helping move them forward. Our goal is to ensure every child is born healthy, stays healthy and has an equal opportunity to succeed. Their program focuses on child development and family well-being that supports parents as their child’s first and foremost teachers. Agencies may <a href=”https://waytogrow.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Agency-Referral-Form.pdf”>refer a family</a> to us by completing the form and returning it to us via fax (612-874-4757) or email (wtg@mplswaytogrow.org). Please call us at 612-874-4740 with any questions.