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“Great Childhoods Begin At Home” – HealthNet’s Healthy Families Program

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and we would like to take this opportunity to recognize the outstanding work of HealthNet’s Healthy Families Program, a premier child maltreatment prevention program.  Our home visitors have such strong passion for assuring that children are raised in safe and nurturing home environments.  These amazing individuals do tireless and [...]

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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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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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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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The Most Rewarding Gift of Working for Healthy Families

Post by Kendra Richman-Scott Family Support Specialist for Healthy Families I have been working with Healthy Families for the past 5 years, and I always thought that I was helping to shape and save lives, which is true, but as important as that – the families that I serve have helped to change and shape [...]

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Give A Care about Indy’s Children and have a party at the same time!!

First weeks of college are starting – throwing a house party? Football season is starting – planning on tailgating with a group of friends? Summer seems like it is fading away – are you trying to host one last cookout? Adding the FUN to fundraising during one of these events is what Prevent Child Abuse [...]

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Teen Pregnancy Statistics – better but still surprising!

Good ways of showing support to a pregnant teenager are to educate, listen, and help in any way possible. According to PregnantTeenHelp.org, around 750,000 teenagers will get pregnant this year.  Breaking this down further, it comes out to about one-third of all girls in the United States will get pregnant while they are a teenager.  Additionally, more [...]

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Prevent Child Abuse, Have a Party!

Planning on some fun with family and friends?  Add some FUNdraising to your next party. Healthy Families America is a program that is part of Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA), and before Healthy Families America opened a branch in Indiana, children in our community had to be reported as being abused or neglected FIRST before a family [...]

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