Taos First Steps
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/TAOS FIRST STEPS
Holy Cross Hospital’s Home Visiting Program for New Families
Community Development Department
(Back row, left to right)
Kelley Shull Tredwin, Development Officer; Jaci Imberger, RN, Clinical Supervisor; Suzanne Weiss, Taos First Steps Home Visitor; Rebecca Corry, Taos First Steps Home Visitor
(Front row, left to right)
Kathy Namba, Director of Community Programs; Jeannie Driver, Coordinator/Taos First Steps Home Visitor; Candice Abasta, Promotora; Katherine Chavez, Taos First Steps Home Visitor; Dee Dee Lindsey, Coordinator/Taos First Steps Home Visitor (not pictured: Tracy Jaramillo, Taos First Steps Home Visitor)
Rebecca Corry, Tracy Jaramillo and Suzanne Weiss are contract staff shared with UNM - Taos Early Childhood Resource Center.
The Community Development Department mission is to strengthen the fabric of our caring, independent health system and its ability to support all families as stewards of their own health. This is performed through innovative financing, partnerships and family-centric programs that emphasize Taos Health Systems' commitment to quality and community.
Our Areas of Focus:
- Increase the infrastructure of the health system in Taos so that it supports families caring ways
- Connect families to the health system
- Expand health care work force
Taos First Steps Program
We provide new parents with information, support and resources that promote healthy childhood development and a positive family foundation.
- Connects new parents with resources that assist them in feeling supported and helps them become advocates for their child’s well-being.
- Promotes healthy family habits and healthy home environments.
- Increases pregnant women’s knowledge of prenatal issues which leads to positive birth outcomes.
- Increases the number of pregnant women who receive consistent prenatal care.
In partnership with UNM - Taos Early Childhood Resource Center and other organizations, Holy Cross Hospital’s First Steps Home Visitors provide support to women who are pregnant for the first time and first-time parents including fathers, adoptive parents and foster families.
Taos First Step's home visitors foster a healthy transition to parenthood for the first three years of the child’s life. Through one-on-one relationships, parents gain knowledge about nutrition, preventative health care, preschool readiness and access to community resources.
Taos First Steps coordinates services with:
- UNM Early Childhood Resource Center
- Northern New Mexico Midwifery Center
- Holy Cross Hospital Labor and Delivery Department
- New Mexico Children, Youth and families Department
- Taos Clinic for Children and Youth
- New Mexico Public Health Department
- Family Practice Associates
- Women’s Health Institute
- Taos Pueblo
- Families First
- Taos Pueblo Head Start
- Los Angelitos Early Childhood Services
- WIC
- New Mexico Income Support Division
- Taos High School Teen Clinic
- Moreno Valley Clinic
It takes a community to support new parents and raise healthy children.
Taos First Steps aims to achieve a community where:
- Babies are born healthy
- Children are physically and mentally healthy
- Children are safe
- Children and parents have safe and nurturing relationships
- The family is connected to formal and informal support in the community
“I love everything about this program. They know just how to put a smile on your face and just when you need one. They work so hard to help us feel strong, competent and appreciated.” A Parent
Contact us at:
118 Este Es Road Suite F
Taos, New Mexico 87571
575-751-3652
Fax 575-751-7052
Download the Taos First Steps Brochure: click here.
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