Public Health Nursing Services
• Foster Care Public Health Nursing • Multi-Agency Integrated Services Team M.I.S.T.
• Nurse Family Partnership • Preventive Health Care for Adults
Helping First-Time Parents Succeed
What is the Nurse- Family Partnership Program?
The purpose of the program is to help new mothers develop skills to take better care of themselves and their babies.
What services will I receive?
You will have your own specially trained Public Health Nurse who will visit you in your home (or a place that you both agree) during pregnancy and throughout the first two years of your child’s life.
How do I qualify for the program?
- Expecting to deliver and parent for the first time.
- Less than 6 months (24 weeks) pregnant.
- Have a low to moderate income and eligible for Medi-Cal or Emergency Medi-Cal.
- Living in Kern County.
Please do not assume you are ineligible. Call us to find out!
Program Benefits
It is a VOLUNTARY program.
You will learn information and develop skills that will help you take better care of yourself and your baby. This program will help you learn:
What to do during your pregnancy and child birth;
How to care for your baby as he/she grows;
How to obtain WIC, housing, school, work, child care, and more;
How to work with your doctors, nurses, and other medical providers;
All immunization and nutrition needs; and
How to live a healthy life with your baby.
Your personal home-visiting nurse will provide:
Weekly visits during the first month of enrollment.
Every other week visits until your baby is born.
Weekly visits during the first six weeks after delivery.
Every other week visits until your child is 21 months old.
Monthly visits until your child’s 2nd birthday.
Information
If you are pregnant and interested in the program, please contact us by calling our
Bakersfield office at (661) 868-5259, or our Ridgecrest office at (661) 375-5157 and ask to speak to a Public Health Nurse. Services are also available in Spanish.
If you would like to make a referral, please call our Bakersfield office at (661) 868-5259, or our Ridgecrest office at (661) 375-5157 and request a referral form or fax us at (661) 393-3159.
Referral for Nurse Family Partnership: .PDF
