Outreach

The Healthy Start outreach team actively recruits and offers education to potentially eligible families within the targeted zip codes. The team also provides home visits to low-risk clients, their families and children through the age of 2.

Outreach home visits consist of:
1. Prenatal Education
2. Infant Care Education
3. Linkage to community resources

For more information, contact Community Relations Manager at 210-207-4725.

If you would like to make a referral, click here (PDF format) and fax the referral form to 210-207-4731. 

Case Management

What is Case management?

Healthy Start case management is the process of working with pregnant and post-delivery women in the community to provide health education, screenings, resources, information and referrals. This would include the following:

• Setting individual goals
• To address Education/School Issues
• Small incentive items

Home visits are provided to:

• Assess the needs and develop a plan for pregnant/postpartum women and their family.
• Locate services in the community, such as medical services.
• Make appropriate community referrals, such as mental health and substance abuse.
• Provide follow-up with families to ensure that needs are met.
• Provide health education services on topics, such as healthy pregnancy and the baby's development.
• Assist with prevention of child/family abuse and domestic violence.

Use of “Parents As Teachers” Curriculum   http://www.parentsasteachers.org

• Evidence-based Model and partners with parents for Parental involvement
• Increases parent knowledge of early childhood development and improves parenting practices
• Provides early detection of developmental delays
• Prevents child abuse and neglect
• Increases children’s school readiness and school success