Here's a good story from last year by Richmond Confidential reporter Brittany Johnson about a home-visiting program in Richmond,
CA. The first few paragraphs:
If it takes a whole village to raise a child, Richmond and San Pablo have taken the first step.
East Bay nonprofit Brighter Beginnings has partnered with First 5 Contra Costa in the launch of “Hello Baby,” a new home-visiting program in Richmond that provides support and parenting advice to low-income families whose infants come into the world facing possible hardships.
Mo’kquila Brown is a Richmond mother, raising four kids, and has been utilizing services provided by Brighter Beginnings since her first child. Now with her newborn, Shamawn, she said there is no other program like it in this area.
“They help me with clothes, food banks, diapers, community program and just someone to talk to,” Brown said.
First 5 Contra Costa has set aside $1.4 million to give to Brighter Beginnings throughout the next three years to support the program. “Hello Baby” sends out four trained professionals, referred to as parent child educators, to the homes of participants in West Contra Costa County, in an effort to give pregnant women information, education and support during their pregnancy until the child turns two. The initiative also aims to increase social interactions among mothers in distressed communities throughout the county.
The comments are the usual....complaining about how many children these mothers have. Do you have some good ways of changing that conversation?
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