Parenting & Child Development Education

Family Home Visiting

Crow Wing County Public Health offers home visits by Public Health Nurses to provide counseling, education, support and resources to parents and guardians. Reasons for home visits vary by individual family but all focus on family success. Here are some examples of why you may want a home visit with a Public Health Nurse: Breastfeeding support, parenting support, high-risk pregnancy, first-time parent, parenting with limited resources, children with special health needs or infant weight checks after hospital discharge. 

Contact the Public Health referral line at 218-824-1170 or Public.Health@crowwing.us for more information or eligibility questions.

Provided Care and Services

 Based on individual and family needs, teaching and discussion can include:

• Breastfeeding / certified lactation counseling
  • Your Guide to Breastfeeding
  • Kellymom - Parenting, breastfeeding and pumping
  • Le Leche League International
  • Work and Pump
  • Paced Bottle Feeding
  • Getting Started with Breastfeeding - Hand expression, hands on pumping, and the first hour
• Child car seat information
  • Car Seats Made Simple
  • Crow Wing County Passenger Safety Coalition
  • Keeping Kids Safe in Vehicles
• Growth and development
  • Child development and positive parenting
  • Help Me Grow-early intervention
  • Zero to Three: Behavior and Development
  • Help Me Connect
• Home safety
• Newborn and postpartum visits
• Parenting skills
  • Just In Time Parenting
  • Information for Parents of Infants & Toddlers
  • Safe to Sleep
  • How to Keep Your Sleeping Baby Safe: AAP Policy Explained
• Pregnancy support
  • LAPS
  • Birthright
  • Pregnancy Week-by-Week: Baby Development, Symptoms & Signs
• Illegal drug use and pregnancy
• Alcohol use and pregnancy
• Smoking cessation
• E-cigarette use while pregnant
• What you should know about using Cannabis, Including CBD, when pregnant or breastfeeding | FDA

Who Is Eligible?

 All Crow Wing County residents - recognizing 1 of the following: