Programs We Fund
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.
The Tu Tus Menyuam Program or “Raising the Child” provides family strengthening services including case management, parent education and community connections for Hmong families with young children. Learn more about the services provided through this program by watching this video created by the Raising the Child program staff at the Hmong Cultural Center.
For more information about the program please contact the Hmong Cultural Center of Butte County.
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.
With funding from the First 5 California Commission, First 5 Butte County is working with local home visiting programs to create a sustainable, unified system that supports families with home visiting services they need and maximize available funding to serve more families.
Visit our home visiting partners to learn more about their programs.
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.
An E-Center program, Early Head Start provides services to children 0-3 years of age and to pregnant women. Services are provided in three options: Part-Day, Full-Day and Home Base.
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.
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.
Contact YFC for more information.
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.
Nearly 60 percent of California’s children five years of age or younger are Dual Language Learners. Research is clear – children who develop their home language and English early in life benefit from enhanced cognitive skills and academic outcomes in school and long-term economic gains.
With funding from the First 5 California Commission, First 5 Butte County has partnered with the following:
The Center has developed a Hmong language story time and provides literacy experiences to Hmong families.
The Promotores Program has developed Spanish language literacy corners at multi-family housing locations in Chico and Gridley.
The Butte County Library has distributed technology directly to dual language families and has expanded its offering of early childhood resources in a variety of languages.
The Office of Education has provided training for early learning and care professional who care for young dual language learners.
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.
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