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A Conversation with our BIBs/HF Home Visitors – Part 2

In part two of our Conversation with our Home Visitors series, the three home visitors chat about a few of their success stories throughout the years and the most satisfying parts of their job.   [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq3Wdab3t-Y?hd=1&w=480&h=360]

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A Conversation with our BIBs/HF Home Visitors – Part 1

Three of our home visitors – Hope, Cheri, and Kelli – sat down to talk about the importance of the Better Indy Babies & Healthy Families program to Indianapolis mothers, children, and families. In part one of the series, the three chatted about what our program tries to accomplish and what obstacles & barriers they [...]

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The story of Better Indy Babies & Healthy Families: Words from our Program Director, Denise Kaspar (Part 2)

Denise Kaspar, Better Indy Babies & Healthy Families’ Program Director, wrote the following blog.  This is part two, because as you can imagine, there is a lot to write about when you start talking about history, obstacles, and triumphs in running a successful program like BIBs/HF.  To read part one, click here.  In this secondhalf, [...]

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The story of Better Indy Babies & Healthy Families: Words from our Program Director, Denise Kaspar (Part 1)

Denise Kaspar, Better Indy Babies & Healthy Families’ Program Director, wrote the following blog.  This is just part one, because as you can imagine, there is a lot to write about when you start talking about history, obstacles, and triumphs in running a successful program like BIBs/HF.  In this first half, Denise gives insight into [...]

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Meet Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families Supervisors – Part 3. Jennifer Baxter

Check out our FINAL installment of our “Meet our Supervisors” series! Jennifer talks about the importance of community! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHliJwV2o4M?hd=1]

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Meet Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families Supervisors – Part 2. Susan McHale

Part 2 of our “Meet our Supervisors Video Series! Here is Susan.. she gives great insight into the impact BIBs/HF has on the community of Indianapolis. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiuLlJQRdSU?hd=1]

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Meet Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families Supervisors – Part 1. Brianne Biancardi

Part 1 of our “Meet our Supervisors” Video Series. We interview Brianne! Watch, share, and comment below on what you think of the video!

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3 lessons I’ve learned while working for Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families

Post by Jennifer Baxter Team Supervisor for Healthy Families I’ve been with Healthy Families for a little over seven years now.  Along the journey, I’ve been in nearly a thousand homes and have supervised both assessment workers and long-term home visitors.  I’ve spent countless hours documenting visits, reading visits, running reports and compiling statistics (I [...]

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A Letter from our Van Driver: ‘I learned I was doing much more than driving moms to appointments’

Two years ago this December I accepted a position as the van driver for Better Indy Babies and Healthy Families. My friend had told me about the position and I thought – “I can drive around town and take people to appointments, no big deal.” Boy, was I wrong in thinking that it was just [...]

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Meet our Assessment Workers: Our clients’ first point of contact, also the first of our staff to meet YOU!

In our first video for the BIBs/HF Takeover, meet the FIRST people whom our clients meet. Our Assessment workers, Megan & Tanya, talk about their typical day, barriers they face with clients and their most satisfying aspect of their job. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvFXiGzDKgE?hd=1&w=480&h=360]

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