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 revent Child Abuse Georgia's First Steps Program provides expectant parents and parents of newborns with emotional support, parenting education, and referrals to community services. Beginning in a hospital or clinic setting, trained service providers offer these services for a minimum of three months.
First Steps services include:
- Initial face-to-face visits by trained service providers;
- "Our Babies First Year Calendar," which features growth and developmental milestones for infants;
- Follow up telephone contact for a minimum of three months;
- Referral to a 24 hour parent warm-line for answers to parenting questions;
- A community resource guide that can make parenting easier;
- Linkage to home visitation when appropriate and available;
- Parenting information focusing on a variety of topics, including postpartum care, brain development, Shaken Baby Syndrome, fatherhood and SIDS.
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**This area was developed for our First Steps Coordinators and First Steps Staff! To access the First Steps Message Board, you'll need to acquire a username and password from one of the PCA Georgia Healthy Families Georgia Technical Assistance staff. You may need to sign a consent form before one is provided to you.
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