Good Beginnings

Provides education and support to first-time, at-risk pregnant and parenting young women in Peoria and Tazewell counties through home visiting, prenatal and parenting groups and Doula services. A Healthy Families program, all services are intended to strengthen the parent/child bond and foster positive attachments that have been proven to reduce the incidences of child abuse and neglect. As a family-focused, strength-based program, it promotes healthy prenatal and post-natal care, enhanced parenting skills, self-sufficiency and linkages to other community services.