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Welcome Baby is part of a network of home visiting programs that work together to provide supportive services to families with newborns. Welcome Baby offers support, information and resources during pregnancy and postpartum. We connect woman with a personal Parent Coach and Nurse who can meet with her in the comfort and convenience of her home, at a time that works for the family. This no-cost program is offered to women of all income levels who live within five miles of California Hospital Medical Center and plan to deliver there or any of the other 13 hospitals that offer the Welcome Baby Program. A woman can enroll at any time during pregnancy up to 37 weeks or in the hospital after delivery.
As part of Welcome Baby, the family will receive:
- One-on-one appointments with a personal Parent Coach in the home, during her pregnancy and until her baby reaches 9 months of age.
- One visit from the Welcome Baby hospital staff after baby is delivered.
- Additional support in the hospital after delivery by Welcome Baby staff for breastfeeding and emotional support.
- One at-home visit with a Welcome Baby nurse including a maternal and infant health assessment within a week after discharge from the hospital.
- Support to ensure that mother returns to her provider for a timely postpartum visit.
- Support with ensuring infant receives his/her well baby checkups.
- Information to help mother nurture, care for and support the healthy development of the newborn.
- Assistance with coordinating health insurance coverage and appointments for mother and newborn.
- Help with breastfeeding and general infant feeding from a trained Certified Lactation Educator.
- Referrals to additional resources in her neighborhood to help mother and newborn.
- Welcome Baby coordinates referral to other home visitation if a woman is not eligible for the Welcome Baby program.
More information is available at www.first5la.org/home-visiting-programs/
We are pleased to introduce the Welcome Baby E-newsletter:
For general information regarding the program, please contact:
Lili McGuinness, Program Director (213) 749-4261 ext.312 or lilim@mchaccess.org
To refer women to the program or to learn more about how you can get involved, please call (213) 342-3127
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