Catawba Valley Healthy Families (CVHF) is a primary prevention program that aims to prevent child abuse and neglect before it starts. The program serves Burke County and provides intensive home visiting services to first time parents who are overburdened, first-time parents of newborns. Families can enroll anytime from the mother’s last trimester of pregnancy to the baby's three-month birthday, and services continue for up to three years.

Specially trained family support workers provide education in child development and parenting, coordination of a wide range of community resources for all family members, and linkage to health care services. Home visits occur at least weekly for the first nine to 12 months, and workers are on call to families 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

CVHF is affiliated with Healthy Families America, a national initiative to establish a universal, voluntary home visitor system for all new parents to help their children get off to a healthy start.

Eligibility for the Program: We provide assistance to first-time parents. A first-time parent means a mom and/or a dad is parenting a child for the first time, or either parent has had a previous child who left the home before age one. If you’re interested in receiving support from this program, you may contact Jeannie, Shanna, or Janice at (828) 433-7187.