Home Visiting Program

Siskiyou County Public Health offers two home visiting programs to those eligible for services.  Families are paired with a home visitor who is a nurse or trained professional who learns more about the family’s needs and strengths and makes regular home visits to provide parenting support.

Both programs are Healthy Families America (HFA) Home Visiting Programs that are provided at no cost, and enrollment is always voluntary.

Healthy Families America is a national home visitation program that provides expectant and new parents, or caregivers the education and support they need from pregnancy and through the first years of their child’s life. HFA is one of the leading family support and evidence-based home visiting programs in the United States.

The Home Visiting Programs nurture healthy parent-child relationships and include benefits such as:

• Information and tools for nutrition, prenatal care, infant and toddler care
• Support for mental health, domestic violence, or substance abuse
• Child development screenings & information
• Family Goal Planning
• Access to community partnerships and resources.

CalWORKs Home Visiting Program

The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Home Visiting Program (HVP) aims to support positive health development and well-being outcomes for pregnant and parenting people, families, and infants born into poverty expand their future educational, economic, and financial capability opportunities, and improve the likelihood that they will exit poverty.

To be eligible for the CalWORKs HVP an individual must meet both of the following criteria:

(A) The individual is one of the following:

• A member of a CalWORKs assistance unit.
• The parent or caretaker relative for a child-only case.
• A pregnant individual who has applied for CalWORKs aid within 60 calendar days before reaching the second trimester of pregnancy and would be eligible for CalWORKs aid other than not having reached the second trimester of pregnancy.
• An individual who is apparently eligible for CalWORKs aid.

(B) The individual is pregnant or the individual is a parent or caretaker relative of a child less than 24 months of age at the time the individual enrolls in the program.

• Services are provided to the families for up to 24 months or until the child turns 2 years old (whichever is later).

California Home Visiting Program

The California Home Visiting Program (CHVP) is designed for overburdened families who are at risk for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), including child maltreatment, domestic violence, substance use disorder, and mental health-related issues.

• This program is available to parents who meet income eligibility requirements.
• Services are offered to pregnant mothers and parents or caretakers of a child under 3 months old.
• Services are provided to the families for up to 3 years.

For more information on the Home Visiting Programs email homevisiting@co.siskiyou.ca.us