NEW AMERICAN FAMILIES.
YWCA recognizes that families settling in the United States can experience barriers as they work to navigate a new country with different systems and rules; and these obstacles can impact health and education for the entire family. The New American Families program works to eliminate these barriers using the Parents as Teachers curriculum. This evidence-based curriculum focuses on families with children who are prenatal up to five years of age to promote parent-child interaction, child development, and family well-being in a home visiting model. Our culturally specific and multilingual team currently serves Latinx, Somali, and some additional East African communities. The result, thriving families and healthy, safe children who are ready to learn!
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While prenatal care plays an important role in ensuring maternal and infant health, research has shown that Minnesota provides unequal access to prenatal care for African-American/Black, Native American, and Latinx mothers. In addition, children of color, as measured by race and ethnicity, are more likely to live in low-income households and least likely to enroll in preschool programs by ages 3 to 4.
To this end, YWCA Mankato works with families resettling in the US to provide services which include home visiting for immigrant and/or refugee women that are either pregnant or have children up to age 5, referrals and resources for families seeking essentials like education access, health care, human basics, and economic supports.
Our services are dedicated to promoting healthy attachment and positive relationships between parents and their children, school readiness for young children (prenatal-5), improved maternal and child health outcomes, and economic stability.
WHY HOME VISITING?
Through home visiting, women and their families are able to connect one-on-one with a culturally competent and bilingual Outreach Worker, who is their main point of contact. Guided by our three impact areas, our program connects caregivers to local healthcare providers and services, addresses economic well being through early childhood education, illuminates the experiences of immigrant and refugee women and their families, and empowers them to lead lives with peace, justice, freedom, and dignity.
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