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Healthy Families Butte County - Butte Baby Steps

Butte Baby Steps

The Butte Baby Steps program is a Healthy Families America™ home visiting program designed to help expectant and new parents get their children off to a great start. The program is open to Butte County families that are either expecting or have a child under the age of 3 months. Families participate voluntarily in the program and receive frequent home visits and activities.

For more information about the program please contact Northern Valley Catholic Social Services or the Help Me Grow Butte website.

First 5 Family Centers

First 5 Family Centers offer playgroups, parenting classes, support groups, school readiness activities, assistance with community resources, and can provide child safety supplies and diapers. All programs and services are free to any interested family with young children! First 5 Family Center sites are located throughout Butte County.

For more information about the First 5 Butte Family Center network please visit the First 5 Family Center website.

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Help Me Grow - Butte County, California (logo)

Help Me Grow

Help Me Grow Butte connects young children and their families to developmental and behavioral services and promotes regular developmental screening for children living in Butte County.

For more information please visit the Help Me Grow website.



The Village

With funding from the First 5 California Commission, First 5 Butte County is working with local Butte and Glenn County-based home visiting programs to create a sustainable, unified system that supports families with home visiting services they need and maximizes available funding to serve more families.

Visit the Help Me Grow website or our home visiting partners to learn more about their programs.

Healthy Families Butte County - Butte Baby Steps

Butte Baby Steps

The Butte Baby Steps program is a national program model designed to help expectant and new parents get their children off to a healthy start. A program of Northern Valley Catholic Social Services.

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Early Head Start Home Base

Butte County: An E-Center program, Early Head Start provides services to children 0-3 years of age and pregnant women. Services are provided in three options: Part-Day, Full-Day, and Home Base.

Glenn County: A program of Glenn County office of Education's Children and Family Services division, Early Head Start Home Base offers services to pregnant caregivers and children 0-3 years of age.

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Teenage Pregnancy and Parenting

TAPP is a Northern Valley Catholic Social Services program following the Adolescent Family Life Program, using the Positive Youth Development model. Working with your case manager, you will focus on your strengths, explore your values and set goals for your life.

Youth for Change

Parents as Teachers

Through their California Home Visiting Program, Youth for Change (a local nonprofit agency) provides a professionally-trained home visitor to support Butte County families with young children ages 0-3 as they experience and overcome challenges every parent faces.

Butte-Glenn Nurse-Family Partnership

A free Butte-Glenn home-based program for people who are less than or currently are 28 weeks pregnant with their first child and meet the WIC income guidelines. Through this program, a registered nurse provides support and information to support a healthy pregnancy, a healthy baby, and the growth of the birthing parent as they navigate becoming a new parent. This program also provides referrals to local resources including healthcare, childcare, etc.

Maternal Mental Health

Mothers Strong

Mothers Strong is a coalition dedicated to building a supportive community and to help families impacted by maternal mental health challenges.

Visit the website for a list of therapists who specialize in maternal mental health and other local and online resources.

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Nature ABC's

The Chico Area Recreation and Park District (CARD)'s Nature ABC's is a time for families of children ages 0–5 to gather and enjoy an hour of fun free activities with our instructor. This program is offered free of charge through funding from First 5 Butte County. Nature ABC's runs on a drop-in basis and families should arrive on time to guarantee their space.

For more information about the program please contact Chico Area Recreation and Park District.

The more healthy relationships a child has, they more likely they will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.

Bruce Perry