Outreach - Center for Community Resources - Safe Care Augmented Home Visiting Program
431 North 7th Avenue, Scranton, PA 18503
Eligibility
Hours
Languages
Spanish
Application process
Call for more information.
Fees
Services free of charge.
Service area
Lackawanna, PA
Luzerne, PA
Description
An evidence-based home visiting program that focuses on three primary topics: Health, Safety, and Parent-Child Interaction. Program Emphasis: A) introducing a set of skills that help parents and families feel confident in making health decisions on behalf of their child, discussing the importance of keeping health records, nutrition, prevention of illness/injury, and temperature taking (free thermometer and first aid kits given) B) helping parents identify hazards in their environment and giving them free safety supplies to help create a safe environment for their child to explore and learn C) introducing a set of skills that increase positive parent-child interactions, and increase bonding between caregiver and child
What's Here
Providing organization
Outreach - Center for Community Resources
Since 1988, Outreach (formerly EOTC) has made helping families thrive our highest priority. By offering resources for life skills, literacy, employment training, parenting, early childhood education, youth mentoring, wrap-around case management, and more, Outreach builds strong families. And strong families build strong communities. We are located in both Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties.