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home visiting

experience our home visiting programs.

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The intimacy of visiting in the home can make parents more comfortable about opening up and identifying their needs. It also helps home visitors to better tailor their support and guidance to the families’ needs. From observing the family in their home, home visitors can build on their strengths and can also identify risk factors in the children’s growth and development, such as maternal depression, poor parenting practices, and lack of support. Many parents can sometimes feel isolated and home visits from a trained service provider can offer a valuable connection to the outside community and the services available.
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programs

  • Birth-Five Saginaw County
  • Birth-Five Saginaw Public Schools
  • Great Lakes Bay Health Centers Maternal Infant Health Program
  • Healthy Families America
  • Michigan Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Program (MI-APPP)
  • Nurse Family Partnership
  • Nurturing Parenting
  • Saginaw ISD Early Head Start

Spotlight on a Home Visitor

MEET Nellanita Whitehead

Saginaw ISD –Early Head Start
Nellanita has been a home visitor for 3 years.  She enjoys helping to make a difference in the lives of children, as well as empowering parents to be the best parent they can be.
 
The Early Head Start program is available to prenatal women and children birth to 3 years living in Saginaw County.  You can find out more about the Early Head Start program at www.saginawheadstart.org/index.html or visit their Facebook page at Saginaw-ISD-Head-StartEarly-Head-Start.  You can also call 989-752-2193 for more information or visit the Claytor Administrative Building at 3200 Perkins, Saginaw. 
Nellanita can be reached at nwhitehead@sisd.cc or 989-493-8937. 
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meet other home visitors

  • Andrea Koutras (download spotlight)
    Birth-Five Parent Educator |Saginaw County Youth Protection Council - Teen Parent Services
  • Deborah Rhodes (download spotlight)
    Home Visitor Registered Nurse | Nurse Family Partnership
  • Kristine Gulliver (download spotlight)
    Home Visitor | Great Lakes Bay Health Centers 
  • Leanne Brown (download spotlight)
    Home Visitor | Nurse Family Partnership
  • Marv Walker (download spotlight)
    ​Birth-Five Home Visitor | Saginaw Public Schools
  • Rita Medel (download spotlight)
    Family Assessment and Support Specialist | Healthy Families America
  • Tonia Vasquez (download spotlight)
    Home Visitor | Saginaw ISD Early Head Start
  • Tory Jackson (download spotlight)
    MI-APPP Case Manager | Saginaw ISD's MI-APPP
  • Teresa Vasquez (download spotlight)
    Birth-Five Home Visitor | Saginaw Public Schools
  • Elizabeth Gutierrez (download spotlight)
    Home Visitor| Saginaw ISD Birth-5 Program
  • Linda Edwards  (download spotlight)
    Home Visitor| Saginaw ISD Early Head Start
  • Robert Clark (download spotlight)
    MI-APPP Home Visitor | Saginaw ISD's MI-APPP
  • Alana M. Furlo (download spotlight)
    Birth-Five Home Visitor | Saginaw Public Schools
  • Jen Bentley (download spotlight)
    Early Head Start program|Saginaw ISD
  • Nellanita Whitehead (download spotlight)
    Early Head Start program|Saginaw ISD

Family Spotlight

"When you are young and start taking care of adult responsibilities you may have the feeling you don't know where to start.  My name is Connie and my name is Damarcus Sr.  We started off as young teen parents.  There are many resources such as Teen Parenting Services, and Birth-5.  We, as a family, learned so much from Teen Parenting Services.  They taught us how to raise our child Damarcus Jr.  We learned the importance of doctors appointments, schooling, and behavior, but most importantly to love and cherish."
- Connie and Damarcus Sr.

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Great Start Saginaw
3933 Barnard Road
Saginaw, MI 48603
989-399-7452
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