A child’s first relationships and earliest experiences lay the foundation for lifelong outcomes in learning, behavior, and physical and mental well-being. Our Healthy Families program pairs trained Family Support Workers during pregnancy and early parenthood to help you learn about child development and parenting, identify their unique strengths and skills, and develop resiliency.

Counties We Serve:  Essex, Morris, & Passaic

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Parents as Teachers is a home visitation program that pairs you with trained Parent Educators during pregnancy or as a new parent. During regular home visits, the Parent Educators provide support, parenting tools, education, and help families thrive. Parents as Teachers use a strengths-based approach that helps you and your family identify your unique capabilities and skills. Focus is placed on development-centered parenting and parent-child interactions.

Counties We Serve:  Bergen, Morris, & Warren

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Healthy Women Healthy Families 

Healthy Women Healthy Families, an initiative of Nurture NJ, improves maternal and infant health outcomes while reducing racial, ethnic and economic disparities in care.  This innovative program operates free programs including the Connecting NJ resource and referral line, community health workers who engage the community and help those in crisis, and other pregnancy and post-partum support services.

The State of New Jersey offers all of these programs statewide.  

We serve all eight northern counties in New Jersey and operate the Connecting NJ line in Bergen, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, and Union Counties.