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Offers free group-education parenting skills classes, subjects such as Wellness, managing or prevent diabetes, heart disease, or obesity.

Positive Parenting, focusing on discipline, temperament and development, and sibling rivalry.

Prenatal care, preparing for birth and questions and answers about breast feeding. Expectant moms are encouraged to bring support person.

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Diabetes Management Clinics
Community Wellness Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
Breastfeeding Support Programs

Offers free group-education parenting skills classes, subjects such as Wellness, managing or prevent diabetes, heart disease, or obesity.

Positive Parenting, focusing on discipline, temperament and development, and sibling rivalry.

Prenatal care, preparing for birth and questions and answers about breast feeding. Expectant moms are encouraged to bring support person.

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Diabetes Management Clinics
Community Wellness Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
Breastfeeding Support Programs
Offers a variety of classes and activities. Training classes for volunteers and educational classes for babysitting, diabetes, nutrition and birth preparation classes (including breast feeding support). Call hospital or go to hospital website.

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Childbirth Education
Babysitting Instruction
Nutrition Education
General Health Education Programs
Breastfeeding Support Programs
Regional Health Services of Howard County offers instruction on prenatal care as well as instruction on newborn infant care. Also provides information and instruction on appropriate techniques for nursing an infant for expectant parents or new mothers.

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Early Pregnancy Classes
Breastfeeding Support Programs
Breastfeeding coalition assists women and their support persons to choose and continue breastfeeding as optimum infant nutrition. Provides support to the breastfeeding family, works to increase public awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding, and promotes accurate breastfeeding information and support to health professionals and the community.

Hosts conferences and arranges for breastfeeding tents at public events. Can refer to local direct support groups and providers.
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics offer lactation consultants for women experiencing pain or frustration with breastfeeding.

Provides general medical care services. Including blood pressure screenings, breastfeeding peer counseling, car safety seat program, child and adult immunizations, developmental screenings, family case management, health screenings, Illinois tobacco-free communities' program, lead poisoning prevention program, WIC program, lice education, nutrition education, pregnancy testing, TB screenings and tests, vision and hearing screenings, and the women's health clinic.

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Breastfeeding Support Programs
Eye Screening
WIC
Hearing Screening
General Medical Care
Pregnancy Testing
Blood Pressure Screening
Nutrition Education
General Immunization

Provides programs and services to support the health of children and families.

Program includes family case management, WIC, and breastfeeding education and support.

Health education and training to participants, health and social service providers, and the community at large. Includes nutrition education, infant CPR, breastfeeding, and pregnancy education.

Courses related to maternal/child health, anger management, intimate partner violence, healthy relationships, money management, job readiness, and more.

Community meetings quarterly that address key issues that impact infant mortality.

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Nutrition Education
General Health Education Programs
CPR Instruction
Financial Literacy Training
Breastfeeding Support Programs
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention
Prejob Guidance
Anger Management
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Community education including a complete listing of Bryan Medical Center educational programs for the community, and special education events.

Ongoing programs include Breastfeeding Basics, a class for expectant couples planning to breastfeed their baby; Essentials of Childbirth; Infant Massage, which teaches parents techniques to help a baby relax, sleep better and relieve gas and symptoms of colic; and Super Siblings, a class for brothers/sisters preparing them for a new baby in the family.

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Childbirth Education
Breastfeeding Support Programs

Offers free group-education parenting skills classes, subjects such as Wellness, managing or prevent diabetes, heart disease, or obesity.

Positive Parenting, focusing on discipline, temperament and development, and sibling rivalry.

Prenatal care, preparing for birth and questions and answers about breast feeding. Expectant moms are encouraged to bring support person.

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Diabetes Management Clinics
Community Wellness Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
Breastfeeding Support Programs
Counsels WIC pregnant and breastfeeding mothers on the benefits of breastfeeding, overcoming common barriers, and handling other concerns. Peer counselors assist with questions on a case by case basis.
Program for pregnant, birthing, and postpartum people to ensure more babies can celebrate their first birthday (prevent infant mortality), and improve birth outcomes. Clients will receive care from a Registered Nurse and Social Worker to provide pregnancy support.

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Home Based Parenting Education
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Breastfeeding Support Programs

Offers breastfeeding education and support groups.

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Breastfeeding Support Programs
Pregnancy/Childbirth Support Groups

Provides enhanced services to pregnant and post-partum women, health education services such as the importance of continued prenatal care, prenatal and postpartum nutrition education services, normal changes during pregnancy, self-care during pregnancy, and warning signs to report to a doctor. Can also provide information on labor and delivery, the normal process of labor, signs of labor, coping skills, danger signs, referrals to child birth classes, and breastfeeding information and support!

Presumptive eligibility for Medicaid can be processed by staff at New Opportunities, Inc. Presumptive eligibility is temporary Title 19 insurance for pregnant women while it is being determined if eligible for Medicaid services.

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Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Breastfeeding Support Programs
Regional Health Services of Howard County (Community Health Services) offers breastfeeding support, communicable disease monitoring, disease follow-up and prevention services, emergency preparedness and disaster relief, and lead testing and education.

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Public Health Nursing
Breastfeeding Support Programs
Lead Testing

Hospital specializing in Neonatal Intensive Care, Dialysis, Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiology, General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery, Gynecology, Urology, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Pulmonary, and Emergency and Trauma Center.

Birth Center offers educational classes to help prepare the mother for childbirth, as well as courses for the entire family (from siblings to grandparents). Classes include: Childbirth Preparation, Refresher Childbirth Preparation, Breastfeeding Basics, Baby Basics, Grandparenting Update: Linking the Generations, Birth Center Tours, Infant Massage, Car Seat Safety, Big Brother/Big Sister Class, and more.

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Childbirth Education
Pregnancy/Childbirth Support Groups
Breastfeeding Support Programs

Services include:

- Free meetings led by volunteer Leaders who are experienced with breastfeeding and are accredited by La Leche League International.

- Support between meetings for breastfeeding challenges, such as positioning and latch, being sure the baby is getting enough milk, soreness, pumping and milk storage, etc.

- Teaches parents about the ages and stages of breastfeeding.

- Creates a community of support by bringing breastfeeding families together.

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Breastfeeding Support Programs
Pregnancy/Childbirth Support Groups

-- Helps mothers understand and embrace breastfeeding as the best and healthiest way to provide nourishment for their babies.

-- Program teaches mothers how to breastfeed and helps them when they have questions or difficulties with breastfeeding.

Offers free group-education parenting skills classes, subjects such as Wellness, managing or prevent diabetes, heart disease, or obesity.

Positive Parenting, focusing on discipline, temperament and development, and sibling rivalry.

Prenatal care, preparing for birth and questions and answers about breast feeding. Expectant moms are encouraged to bring support person.

Categories

Diabetes Management Clinics
Community Wellness Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
Breastfeeding Support Programs

Offers free group-education parenting skills classes, subjects such as Wellness, managing or prevent diabetes, heart disease, or obesity.

Positive Parenting, focusing on discipline, temperament and development, and sibling rivalry.

Prenatal care, preparing for birth and questions and answers about breast feeding. Expectant moms are encouraged to bring support person.

Categories

Diabetes Management Clinics
Community Wellness Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
Breastfeeding Support Programs

Provides enhanced services to pregnant and post-partum women, health education services such as the importance of continued prenatal care, prenatal and postpartum nutrition education services, normal changes during pregnancy, self-care during pregnancy, and warning signs to report to a doctor. Can also provide information on labor and delivery, the normal process of labor, signs of labor, coping skills, danger signs, referrals to child birth classes, and breastfeeding information and support!

Presumptive eligibility for Medicaid can be processed by staff at New Opportunities, Inc. Presumptive eligibility is temporary Title 19 insurance for pregnant women while it is being determined if eligible for Medicaid services.

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Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Breastfeeding Support Programs

Provides parent support and education. Also provides doula support and monthly parent-child interaction play groups.

Programming includes:

-- Personalized weekly/bi-weekly home visits

-- Prenatal develop and pregnancy education

-- Developmental, social-emotional, hearing, and vision screenings

-- Resource and referral connections

-- Child and parent activities

-- Age-appropriate developmental activities

-- Family centered events

-- Parent lending library

-- New baby welcome gift

-- Home safety materials

-- Breastfeeding support with lactation consultants

Doula Support:

-- Personalized weekly home visits

-- Assistance with the creation of a "birth plan"

-- Support in preparing for labor

-- Education on childbirth and the postpartum period

-- Continuous support during labor and birth

Parent-Child Interaction Play Groups:

-- Participation in activities and story times that promote child development

-- Meet and interact with other parents

-- Create make-it and take-it activities

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Breastfeeding Support Programs
Childbirth Education
Home Based Parenting Education
Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Support and breastfeeding education.

Offers free group-education parenting skills classes, subjects such as Wellness, managing or prevent diabetes, heart disease, or obesity.

Positive Parenting, focusing on discipline, temperament and development, and sibling rivalry.

Prenatal care, preparing for birth and questions and answers about breast feeding. Expectant moms are encouraged to bring support person.

Categories

Diabetes Management Clinics
Community Wellness Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
Breastfeeding Support Programs