Public Health—Seattle & King County’s Parent and Child Health Services provide a range of vital supports at home, clinic, and community settings to pregnant individuals and parenting families. The services address gaps in basic needs and improve health outcomes for newborns and families with a focus on addressing racial disparities, and in increasing access to health services. Programming includes:
- Nurse-Family Partnership’s nurse home visitors provide first-time parents with education and support starting in early pregnancy through the child’s second birthday.
- Parent-Child Health Program provides access to nutritious foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, preventative health services, and more.
- Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program provides case management, outreach, and education to reduce hepatitis B in babies born to pregnant persons living with hepatitis B.
- Family Planning and Community-based Health Educators deliver affordable, confidential, low-barrier access to high quality and culturally responsive reproductive health clinical services.
- Kids Plus’s provides case management for medical and behavioral health issues to support children and families experiencing homelessness.
- Family Ways provides pregnancy and parenting services, health education, and peer support for families with children up to age five.
- Infant Mortality Prevention Network provides direct client services depending on identified need by community and disseminates educational materials to reduce infant mortality levels.
This strategy invests in:
Investing Early (prenatal – 5)
so that babies are born healthy and establish a strong foundation for lifelong health and well-being
Estimated annual reach:
58,000 individuals & parenting families
Funding Estimate (2022-2027):
$89,024,000
