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Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families Takeover: Quinticca – a participant – shares her story!

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A Conversation with our BIBs/HF Home Visitors – Part 3

In the third and final part of our ‘Conversation with our Home Visitors’ Video Series, our three home visitors speak candidly about the program, how it impacts the Indianapolis community, and the impact it has on the lives of new mothers and mothers-to-be.   [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE2wqUEBZgM?hd=1&w=480&h=360]

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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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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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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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