Healthy Families

Greater Fall River Healthy Families, a program of the Children’s Trust, is a free, voluntary home visiting program for first-time parents of any age who live in Fall River, Somerset, Swansea, or Westport. The program provides education, support, resources, referrals, and opportunities for parents to connect with one another. Eligible families may receive Healthy Families services until their child’s third birthday, if enrolled prenatally, or for three years following postpartum enrollment.

Home visits are designed to meet the families where they are. Healthy Families staff members build trusting relationships with families and work alongside parents to identify their goals and connect them with resources and services that support the well-being of the whole family.

Home visits can occur in the home or in a comfortable meeting place. Home visitors will introduce topics such as supporting parents’ goals and self-sufficiency, making healthy choices for themselves and their child, education and job training, child development, and positive parent-child interactions.

The program also offers interactive groups and activities on topics such as literacy, cooking, budgeting, co-parenting, and parent rights. Transportation, childcare, incentives, and meals may be available for group activities.

Greater Fall River Healthy Families is part of Healthy Families Massachusetts, a statewide home visiting program supported by the Massachusetts Children’s Trust and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health through MIECHV.