Family Health Services

Family Home Visiting

• Healthy Start Home Visiting (MECSH)                                                                                                                                                                                Healthy Start is focused on meeting the needs of families with evidence based home visits. click to visit the Healthy Start Home Visiting Page.
• Health Beginnings                                                                                                                                                                                                          Postpartum home visit is offered to caregivers and their newborns to provide health education, resource and referral, support breastfeeding, and answer questions about caregivers and newborn health & well-being.
• Maternal & Child Health Home Visiting                                                                                                                                                                                  Prenatal education and support for pregnant persons, includes breastfeeding, labor and delivery and newborn care. Provides referrals to other resources in the community.

Child Passenger Safety Seat Program

Public Health Nurses certified by the National Highway Traffic Safety Association provide education and training with return demonstration, to properly install car seats. See calendar of events for schedule of clinics.

Find more information through the Office of Traffic Safety website.

Early Hearing Detection & Intervention

Public Health Nurses work with the Minnesota Department of Health to follow up with families whose children need further testing for hearing.