Healthy Start
Service Description:Healthy Start services connect parents of newborns with helpful services and information. The service is free, voluntary and confidential.
Healthy Start provides home visiting services to qualified families who have children between the ages of zero to 3 years of age. A multi-disciplinary home visiting team partners with parents to address individual family needs, set and support goals, and build a safe and nurturing home environment around the new baby. The program’s overall goal is to reduce any risk of child abuse and neglect while monitoring the health and development of our young children.
The Enhanced Healthy Start program provides home visiting services to families who are currently in Child Welfare Services. A multi-disciplinary home visiting team partners with caregivers to address individual family needs, set an support goals, and build a safe and nurturing home environment around the child. The program’s overall goal is to reduce concerns related to child abuse and neglect, while monitoring the health and development of our young children. The program service is voluntary to all non-military parents with children ages zero to 3.
Healthy Start offers:
- Prenatal Care Planning / Baby Care Basics
- Parenting Techniques & Information
- Goal Setting & Resource Building
- Developmental Activities & Screening
- Support Groups
- Infant Massage Instruction
Eligibility is determined in the hospital at the time of birth. An eligibility interview maybe requested by calling Healthy Start Early Identification at (808) 566-4141 for Oahu (808)245-5914 on Kauai.
Fees:
There are no fees charged for this program.
Funders:
This program is funded by the Department of Health.
Your Rights:
As a participant in a Child and Family Service program you have the following rights:
- The right to a humane service environment
- The right to services free from unlawful discrimination
- The right to be involved in your own service planning
- The right to confidentiality except when otherwise mandated by law
- The right to services which are least restrictive and most convenient
- The right to file a complaint if these rights are infringed
In order to benefit from the Healthy Start program, each family is asked to develop, in partnership with their home visitor, an Individual Family Support Plan which describes their goals, and to participate in regularly scheduled home visits in order to work towards those family goals.
Locations:
Oahu – Central
91-1841 Fort Weaver Road
Ewa Beach, HI 96706
Phone: (808) 681-1555
Oahu – Leeward
91-1841 Fort Weaver Road
Ewa Beach, HI 96706
Phone: (808) 681-1562
Oahu - Waianae
87-1644 Farrington Hwy.
Waianae, HI 96792
Phone: (808) 696-5800
Oahu – Enhanced Healthy Start
91-1841 Fort Weaver Road
Ewa Beach, HI 96706
Phone: (808) 681-1555
Healthy Start Early Identification Program
c/o Catholic Charities Hawaii
680 Iwilei Road, Suite 655
Honolulu, HI 96817
Phone: (808) 566-4141
Enhanced Healthy Start Referral System
c/o Hawaii Keiki Information Service System
Early Intervention Section
1350 South King Street, Suite 200
Honolulu, HI 96814
(808) 594-0066
Kauai
2970 Kele St. Suite 203
Lihue, HI 96766
Phone: (808) 245-5914
