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A Resolution Revolution: Musings of a Millennial

Post by Tori Kissner, Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.” –Dan Quayle, former United States Vice President Every year people make their new year’s resolutions—those secret self-promises that typically have the most positive and genuine of intentions, but somehow [...]

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Warm Languages: Musings of a Millennial

Post by Tori Kissner, Family Support Specialist - Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. –Nelson Mandela  As a proud member of the millennial generation, the news of former South [...]

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Give the Gift of Hope!

As the holiday season approaches, many of us are busy making lists of last minute ingredients we need to get for Thanksgiving dinner and preparing for the holidays. But imagine if instead of making a list of ingredients for your famous Thanksgiving pie, you were trying to find a way to buy the medicine for [...]

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Going on a Bug Hunt

Post by Tori Kissner, Family Support Specialist I distinctly remember a “game” my grandfather used to play with me that taught me more life values than most childhood games I ever played; I believe he called it “Bug Hunting.” He was a fisherman and taught me that buying bait was a waste of money, since it [...]

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BIBs and Healthy Families Promotes School Readiness

Post by Denise Kaspar Healthy Families America is a nationally recognized evidence-based home visiting program model designed to work with overburdened families who are at-risk for adverse childhood experiences, including child maltreatment. HealthNet’s Healthy Families program has been providing home-based family support services for approximately eighteen years.  Healthy Families America has a strong research base, [...]

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Living to Celebrate That First Birthday

Here’s a sobering statistic. Did you know that approximately 25,000 babies in the U.S. die annually before their first birthday? That’s a rate of 6.1 babies per 1,000 live births. Just released data, complied by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, reports that Indianapolis ranks near the bottom — 46th in the nation — in infant [...]

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Keeping Indy Kids Healthy: Take the Sesame Street Quiz!

Can’t wait ‘til this weekend! That’s when Sesame Street Live performs its popular “Elmo Makes Music” show March 22-24 at the Murat Theatre at Old National Centre. Did you grow up with Sesame Street? For more than 40 years, the program has been a staple in millions of households. It taught us the alphabet, brought [...]

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Take the Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Child?

Do you know your children? Really know them? As parents, we sometimes are so busy taking care of our children that we lose track of some of the details of their lives. Take 5 minutes and test yourself with this 16-question quiz recommended by our Better Indy Babies and Healthy Families staff. It will help [...]

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Win Tickets to Sesame Street Live at the Murat!

 Sesame Street Live will perform its popular “Elmo Makes Music” show March 22-24 at the Murat Theatre at Old National Centre. HealthNet, Entercom Communications and Sesame Street Live have partnered for this event to promote awareness of HealthNet’s Better Indy Babies and YOU have a chance to WIN 4 tickets to the show and 4 passes [...]

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Shower The Little Ones With A Little Love This February!

Joanie realized as she was preparing for her baby shower this month that not all moms are as lucky as she is. That set off a February collection drive  that will have all her friends and co-workers donating stuff like diapers, bottles, and other things needed for an infant’s care. It’s all a part of [...]

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