Nurturing Newborns is a nonprofit that provides experienced and specialized care of fragile infants, toddlers, and their families. Nurturing Newborns offers short-term, in-home respite care. Respite care is a short term, in-home service that provides specialized care of children ages 0-3. Nurturing Newborns offers respite care to families with infants and toddlers that were born […]
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Get Active and Outdoors!
The only list you need for free and low-cost family fun… Our counties are home to a fantastic variety of free and low-cost activities to keep your family active and outdoors all year!
Read MoreEarly Childhood Mental Health Warmline
Children’s behavior is a message — and not always an easy one to understand. If your child is struggling to get along with others, the Early Childhood Mental Health Warmline can help.
Read MoreConnect to Jeffco’s Network of Family Support — Even Before Baby Is Born!
If you or someone you love is expecting a baby, you know how much there is to prepare. You might be thinking about the labor and delivery, or how you will keep your baby safe at home. Or you may be thinking about who will care for your child when you go back to work […]
Read MoreThe Most Effective Parenting Support You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
Since the pandemic began, we’ve heard a lot about telehealth and the ability for health care and mental health providers to see patients via videoconference. Another service that has adapted to our new normal is home visiting — also called in-home parenting support. Home visiting is for pregnant people, as well as families with new […]
Read MoreMany Different Kinds of “Special Needs”
The term “special needs” covers a broad range of diagnoses – from those that will resolve quickly to others that will impact a child for life. It’s important that parents understand the different types of special needs – medical, behavioral, learning, developmental – so that we can support our children effectively, work in partnership with […]
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