During home visits, a trained public health nurse or senior community worker partners with families to:

• Record parents and children to provide insight into real-life situations
• Give positive feedback that builds parents’ enjoyment, confidence and connection with their child
• Help parents examine the deeper emotions and needs underlying their own and their child’s behaviors
• Use handouts to share and discuss information about a child’s social and emotional health

 Promoting First Relationships can help families to:

• Build a healthy and secure relationship with their child
• Understand a child’s behaviors and look at the feelings and needs behind these behaviors
• Understand how to support a child’s social and emotional health
• Discuss strategies for coping with difficult times as a parent

Learn more about the program from moms who’ve participated in it here.

 Eligibility

The Promoting First Relationships program is available to families with a child under 5 years old, who are Medi-Cal eligible and live in San Mateo County. 

How to Enroll

Contact Family Health Services at 888-840-0889. All services are free of cost. Services are provided in a family’s preferred language.