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Empowering New Moms with Free Home Visiting Services

Updated: Jul 9

Nemaha County Community Health Services offers free home visiting services to new and expectant moms. Home visits are meetings with a home visitor in your own home or at a place and time that is convenient to you. They will provide you with information about local services and resources and provide materials that meet your individual needs. They will also bring you a bag brimming with baby essentials!

Our home visitors are there to offer support and encouragement, not judgement. They can answer your questions about pregnancy and parenting and help you prepare for a new baby.


What happens during a home visit?

  • Your baby will be weighed

  • Your home visitor will assist with any questions you may have about breastfeeding

  • You will be provided with information about local resources

  • You will be provided materials abut child development, parent-child interaction, safety, and discipline

  • Your home visitor will provide ideas for activities to help build your relationship with your child

  • You will have the opportunity to ask all your questions about pregnancy and parenting

What are the benefits of home visiting?

Early experiences shape brain development in the first years of life, forming the foundation which everything is built. Home visiting can improve baby's lifelong health, educational and economic outcomes. 

  • Increases school readiness

  • Improves maternal health

  • Improves child health

  • Promotes family self-sufficiency

Diapers, books, sleepsack, bottle cooler, and pack and play coming out of a bag

What will I get with a home visit?

  • Pack and play

  • Diapers

  • Sleep sack

  • Board book

  • Thermal bottle cooler

  • Parenting book

  • Other resources



Home visits are completely free to everyone who lives in Nemaha County! It is intended for expectant parents and parents with babies and young children who want to learn how to improve their child's ability to succeed.

Are you interested in a home visit? To get started, go to https://bit.ly/NCCHS_Info or call 785-284-2152




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