EARLY CHILDHOOD SUPPORT

CfK Home Visit Details

This service includes one-on-one consultations in your home, or if preferred,  in a public setting in the community. Each session can be tailored to the unique needs of your family and include:

• Emotional support for the stressors and challenges of parenting
• Social/emotional and mental health concerns for the parent and/or child
• Education about brain development and supporting children through their ages and stages
• Insight into the impact that parental experiences, histories, and life circumstances have on parent/child relationship
• In-home services are provided by Interfaith CfK staff who have a strong understanding of pregnancy, early parenting, early child development, attachment, separation, loss, crisis support and the impact that multiple barriers and stressors can have on family health.

Weekly Parent Gatherings

• • • • 8 weekly meetings from May 30 – August 1 (no meetings on June 20 or July 4)
      • No cost to participate
      • On-site at Interfaith Outreach from 5:30 – 7 p.m.
      • Quality childcare and dinner included
      • Interact with other parents while children enjoy structured playtime
      • Topics vary and offer useful information for parents and caregivers
      • Interested in joining our gatherings or have a suggestion for a topic? Email the CfK team
      • Sign up today

• ParentChild+
  The Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis ParentChild+ program is a free home visiting program for families that promotes creative ways to learn through play, enhances parenting skills and helps children prepare for school.
• Wayzata Public Schools Early Learning Outreach Team
  • Do you have concerns about how your child is growing and learning?
  • Did you just move into the district and need school district information?
  • Do you have questions or need help registering your child for preschool?
  • Are you looking for one-to-one parent support?
  • Would you like to connect with other families and children?

  If so, the Wayzata Early Learning School’s (WELS) Outreach Team would like to connect with you! WELS offers a variety of early learning opportunities for children ages birth to five including preschool, parent and child classes, early childhood screening, intervention programs, and much more! We offer both in-person and virtual classes. Our Outreach Team can assist you with class registration, scholarship information, get you connected with community resources, and/or answer questions about our programs and school district. Call us to learn more about our free family activity classes!

  For more information, visit the Wayzata Schools Early Learning website, call 763-745-5290, or email ConnectAt3@wayzataschools.org

  Navigating Hennepin Child Care Assistance 

  If you are in need of childcare, you can call Hennepin County Child Care Assistance (CCAP) at 612-348-5937 to check your eligibility and begin the application process. Please let Caring for Kids staff know if you have any questions regarding this application process or any other childcare related questions at cfkteam@iocp.org.

  Parenting Resources

  Caring for Kids is proud to be a part of Little Moments Count, a statewide community awareness campaign focused on supporting parents and communities to understand the importance of talking, playing, reading and singing early and often with children. Research shows that these types of positive interactions and experiences in early childhood greatly impact health and well-being outcomes later in life. Learn more about the science of brain-building. 

• Help Me Grow Minnesota  offers videos and articles on child development
• Think Small: Parent Resources
• Check out this insightful video from the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, which discusses the importance of play, and how such “serve and return interactions” like play are easy to do, especially through practice.