1. Make home visits before and soon after your baby is born.
2. Answer your questions about pregnancy, infant care, feeding, and mother's recovery.
3. Offer friendly support.
4. Provide you with information on prenatal care, baby care, nutrition, and immunization providers.
5. Help you find community agencies or programs to meet your needs.
6. Encourage you to contact your doctor about any healthy concern.
7. Tell you what behavior to expect from your baby at various times during the first year.
8. Give you information on discipline, the setting of rules and limits, for children.
9. Explain kinds of play activities and toys suitable for your baby.
10. Give helpful suggestions on nutrition.
11. Provide or refer you for child development information.
12. Explain what immunizations your baby should get and when your baby should get them.
13. Tell you how to choose and use a child's auto safety seat.
14. And most important of all--Listen and share in the experience of being a parent.

1. Supplemental food for women, infants, and children (WIC)
2. Life-style change programs--stop smoking, alcohol and drug abuse.
3. Financial help--emergency food, food stamps, health care, and emergency assistance.
4. How to obtain licensed childcare or babysitting.
5. Adult education--how to speak English, learn to drive, get a high school diploma.
6. Recreation and religious services.
7. Marriage counseling
8. Family Planning.
9. Help with being a parent.
10. Other available community services to help you provide the best for your family.

1. Parent-child relationships.
2. Community Resources.
3. Health care and child health assessments.
4. Prevention of child injuries and accidents.
5. Child development
6. Immunizations

Distributed By: Bureau of Children, Youth and Families
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Landon State Office Builing, 10th Floor
900 SW Jackson, Topeka, KS 66612-1290
(785) 296-1234