Success Stories
There is no better evidence of the impact Healthy Families America (HFA) has on its families than the personal stories of parents who have been able to provide their children with a healthy, safe start in life.
A child’s experiences in their earliest years can define who they will become.
A safe, healthy, and positive childhood gives children the tools and confidence they need to become self-sufficient, successful adults.
We work with more than 70,000 families every year, creating joy through an intentional focus on helping parents find their strength and build positive relationships with their children. Study after study have demonstrated the impact of the HFA model, but nothing brings the results of our work to life like the words of family members themselves.
This program has made unbelievable changes in our lives. My visitor has taught me so much about parenting and the program has given me opportunities I wouldn’t have had otherwise.
Cincinnati, OH
Having the support of Healthy Families helped me a lot because it showed me how I could balance both school and having a child.
Nebraska Panhandle
Because of the program Healthy Families I feel like we are more connected and are working better as a team.
New York
Here you have real people that talk to you and they care and will sit there and go through: “Hey, are you having any issues, do you need anything? If you need anything, I’m here for you.”
Raecine & Raylan
I didn’t know how to raise a kid. I needed help. I didn’t know where to go. I’m an only child myself, so raising a boy, I had no clue…[Healthy Families America] changed my life to the nth degree—to the point that I wanted to finish school just for him, to have a better life for him, to show him that you can overcome anything.
Scot, Brenda & ‘Mr. Anthony’
What [home visitor] Betsy brings every week is tailored to Anthony and where he is developmentally at that time. They come to where you’re comfortable and where the baby is comfortable, and give you tools and information you can use right away…Betsy has her own nurturing and strategic style of playing with Mr. Anthony, which helps us learn the skills to work with him. Plus, she gives Brenda and me different things to do based on our parenting styles. You can’t get that at the hospital, a school, or the library.
Healthy Families Athens
I’ve learned a lot from this program…it’s not only somebody I can talk to and confide in, but somebody that helps me be a better mom…learning how to better empathize with my child, and better understand him and his signals and his signs, and that helps with me being able to help him.
Norland & Jayden
One of my main priorities with Jayden is for him to know that I’m there for him. Sometimes I’ll put him to bed, and I walk out and I remember ‘Oh, I didn’t give him a hug, I should probably go give him a hug.’ That’s a really big difference from the way I was raised. When I was growing up, a lot of it was me trying to protect myself from my parents. For Jayden, he knows that I’m his protector.”
The HFA approach works simply because we know that families are the masters of their fates – we only try to lend a helping hand. We work so hard to be there for families that many times are struggling to overcome incredible obstacles, but we are able to point out their strengths when they may not see them.
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