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Home Visiting Partner Agencies

Anyone who delivers at a Welcome Baby hospital can receive free bedside support from a Welcome Baby Hospital Liaison. The Liaison shares community resources that can help the family, and she provides tips on breastfeeding, infant care and development, bonding and attachment, and maternal self-care. She also explains the Welcome Baby program and other home visiting options, if they are available. All are FREE.

Those who opt to participate in Welcome Baby receive five in-home visits over the next nine months (at a time and place of their choosing). Others, who might benefit from more extensive or more frequent home visits (for up to five years, in some cases), may choose to receive free services from one of the partner agencies below. These home visiting programs use either the Parents as Teachers (PAT) or Healthy Families America (HFA) model, both of which are nationally respected and have been proven effective in independent research studies. (Learn more about what’s available in L.A. County.)

Expecting families who do NOT plan to deliver at a Welcome Baby hospital may be eligible to receive free in-home support (during pregnancy and after) from one of these organizations that offer the HFA or PAT programs. (Here’s a printable list of all these agencies, with addresses and phone numbers.)

  • Serving SPA 1 – Antelope Valley:
    • Antelope Valley Partners for Health (HFA)
    • Child & Family Guidance Center (HFA)
    • Child Care Resource Center (PAT)
  • Serving SPA 2 – San Fernando:
    • Child Care Resource Center (PAT)
    • El Nido Family Centers (PAT)
    • Pacific Asian Counseling Services (HFA)
  • Serving SPA 3 – San Gabriel:
    • Foothill Family (HFA)
    • The Whole Child (PAT)
  • Serving SPA 4 – Metro L.A. area:
    • Children’s Bureau (HFA)
    • Children’s Institute (HFA)
    • El Nido Family Centers (PAT)
    • Plaza Community Services (PAT)
    • Wellnest (HFA)
  • Serving SPA 5 – West L.A. area:
    • Families in Good Health (HFA)
    • Richstone Family Center (PAT)
    • The Children’s Clinic (HFA)
  • Serving SPA 6 – South L.A. area:
    • Children’s Institute (HFA)
    • El Nido Family Centers (PAT)
    • Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center/South LA Health Projects (SLAHP) (HFA)
    • SHIELDS for Families (HFA & PAT)
    • Wellnest (HFA)
  • Serving SPA 7 – East L.A. area:
    • Human Services Association (PAT)
    • Plaza Community Services (PAT)
    • The Whole Child (PAT)
    • Wellnest (HFA)
  • Serving SPA 8 – South Bay:
    • Children’s Institute (HFA)
    • Families in Good Health (HFA)
    • Pacific Asian Counseling Services (HFA)
    • Richstone Family Center (PAT)
    • The Children’s Clinic  (HFA)