Hours of Service

9:00 - 5:00 Monday-Friday
Hours vary due to home visitation schedules and some weekend activities

Program Description

New Parent Support (NPS) offers parents and caregivers of children ages 0-5 supportive services that focus on the health and mental health of the family.  Services include home visiting, case managment, and counseling.  The primary goal of the home visitation program is to provide support, information, and education to parents with children ages 0-5 to promote positive parenting, healthy child development and increased utilization of existing preventive health and social services.  In addition to support, the New Parent Support provides post partum depression screening, psycho-educational information about parenting, lactation, infant development, post partum depression, child care, sleep training, natural learning abilities assessments, community resources and making the transition from partnership to parenthood.  Throughout the year, NPS offers workshops on issues related to parenting children ages 0-5.

Eligibility

Families with children ages 0-5 residing in the county of Alameda with full scope Medi-Cal are eligible for home visitation from a mental health provider.  All groups and parent education programs held in the office are open to Alameda County families with children 0-5 for a fee, no one will be turned away for inability to pay.

Intake Procedure

Call (510) 629-6361

Resources

•    Parent kits from First 5 California – Children and Families Commission
•    Limited quantities of diapers formula and infant items donated to the program.
•    Resource phone numbers – childcare, preschool, health insurance, etc.
•    Ages and Stages Developmental Screening Tool

Postpartum Depression
Child Development
Alameda County Community Resources

Wish List

Diapers – all sizes
Baby clothes
Baby items – bassinet, bouncy chairs, etc.
Formula

Funding Sources

Alameda Rotary
Private donations – thank you!!!

Upcoming Events and Workshops

New Parent's Support Group

Once again Due to small member enrollments, we forwarded the group one and last week New Parent support group will begin on Wednesday ...

Second Time Mom's Group

 TO BE ANNOUNCED. 

Breast Pump Loan and Fees. NEW!

Ameda Purely Yours electric breast pump loan program. Please call for details (510)629-6362

2325 Clement Ave            
Alameda CA 94501            
510-629-6361 (phone)
510-865-1930 (fax)