Every Child Succeeds

Every Child Succeeds offers parents support in the areas of parenting services, child development, and child safety. Enrolled parents receive home visits that focus on parent-child interaction. The program is designed to ensure a healthy start for children by assisting new and expectant parents in gaining the parenting skills that promote and enrich their baby's potential.

The ECS home visitors come from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines including nursing, education, child developmet and human services. They receive extensive training in the areas of parenting, child development, early literacy, home safety and health. On average the workers serve about 25 families at one time. Depending on the child's age, they visit families for about an hour weekly, biweekly or monthly, assisting families with:

* Setting and achieving goals

* Being confident parents

* Ensuring the safety of the home environment

* Identifying activities to meet the specific development needs of the child

* Accessing information related to areas of special interest to the family

Between April 1, 2006 - March 31, 2007, 201 families were enrolled in the Every Child Succeeds program at Santa Maria. Over 1500 home visits were completed.

Additional information is available for the following programs: Promoting Our Preschoolers.

For more information about the Every Child Succeeds Program at Santa Maria contact Julie McGregor at 557-2700 ext. 212. You can also visit the Every Child Succeeds home web site at www.everychildsucceeds.org