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Being the Best Father You Can Be

One of the most important things a man can do with his life is to be a father. It is also one of the most challenging. The biggest thing for most children growing up is seeing their father in the house or just having them in their life. – Darvell Huffman Darvell Huffman, a Social [...]

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How home visitation program can help the age group with the highest rate of victimization and maltreatment

A report done by the National Center for Children in Poverty showed the factors that increase the risk of infant maltreatment.  These factors are: smoking during pregnancy infant having two or more siblings Medicaid enrollee unmarried infant low-birth weight less than high school education teen mother short spacing (under 15 months) between pregnancy poor pre-natal [...]

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4 Days until July 4th Weekend: PART TWO – Better Indy Babies & Healthy Families

In the second part of our ‘4 Days until July 4th Weekend’ blog series, we would like to introduce you to another great outreach program.  This program gets young people on the right track even before they enter this world… ——————————————————————– Meet – Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families Better Indy Babies (BIBs) is a free home [...]

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Giving a Care about Indianapolis parents & children..

Our Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families (BIBS/HF) Programs celebrated the successes of many inner-city Indianapolis parents and children about a week an a half ago at their 11th Annual Family Picnic!  Around 400 families were present at Garfield Park on the pretty steamy Friday.  Lunch was provided for all. The day also included PLENTY of activities [...]

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Preparing children for Kindergarten is more than 2+2…

There is nothing like seeing the look on a child’s face when a lightbulb goes off, and she realizes that 2+2 REALLY DOES equal 4. It is always a challenge for parents to not only get their child ready for the cognitive portion of the classroom but also the social and emotional challenges that come [...]

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