Provides instruction that deals with the basic activities of homemaking including caring for and managing children; planning, shopping for and preparing nutritious meals; maintaining a clean and safe living environment; and other in-home responsibilities.

Help Me Grow is a system of supports for pregnant women, caregivers with new babies, and families with young children with developmental delays and disabilities. This system includes Central Intake, Early Intervention (EI) and Early Childhood Home Visiting. • Early Intervention works with families with children birth to age three who have developmental delays or disabilities so that they have the best possible start in life. EI will evaluate and assess a child’s speech, motor, adaptive self-help cognitive and social-emotional skills, however, the developmental areas of most concern in 2022, continued to be speech, sensory, and behavioral related concerns among children ages one to three. The EI program has supported families through these challenges by developing goals, providing strategies and activities families can use to help their children progress with their development and connect the family with additional community resources or medical providers when needed. Additionally, the program continues to collaborate closely with the Infant Mental Health Program through the Greene County Educational Services Center who provides additional support to the EI team and to families, supporting and addressing family challenges due to the additional stressors families continue to face. • Early Childhood Home Visiting • Healthy Families America (HFA) is one of the leading family support and evidence-based home visiting programs in the United States. We believe early, nurturing relationships are the foundation for healthy development. We currently have four family support specialists to serve families. • Nurse-Family Partnership (NEW ADDITION) has the same goals as HFA, however, participants must be first time mothers and enroll prior to 28 weeks gestation. It is staffed by a team of Bachelor of Science in Nursing prepared Registered Nurses (RNs). Two full-time RNs are currently serving families and have the capacity to serve more.

The Family and Consumer Sciences program in Clark County strives to build strong families through educational programming. Programs focus on nutrition and lifestyle choices from infancy through retirement; managing time, money, and other resources; community health and environmental concerns; and managing the multiple roles of work and family life. These issues are addressed through programs offered in the community, newsletters offering information on these specific issues, and information offered via new technologies, such as the website.

All Franklin County residents needing assistance with navigating social service programs.

The Ohio State University Extension Family and Consumer Sciences program targets the following issues: Child Care, family life, parenting, adult development and aging, nutrition, food safety, cooking classes, meal planning, money management, jobs and families, balancing work and family and health issues, educational programs and information can be provided on all of the target issues.

Provides education on family and home life. Topics include child development, parenting, nutrition, food safety and money management.

Helps widows/widowers, divorcees, single parents, and people who have never held a job or who have never worked very long with personal development, career exploration, employability skills, resource management, and family management.

Provides recreational classes and activities, such as dancing, scrapbooking and homemaker instruction.

Provides financial education to agencies, organizations, individuals, and families. Offers programs in basic budgeting; credit and debt management; consumer issues and general money management. Call for more information. Neighborhood Lifelines: Foreclosure Prevention presentations are available to existing organizations/churches/neighborhood groups to provide basic information to help them help reach out to others in the community.