Any Baby Can

Comprehensive Advocacy and Resources (CARE) and Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Program serves families of children zero through age 20 who have cancer or other physical, developmental, emotional or behavioral special health care needs. A priority of the program is to establish a medical home for the family. Parents and children receive emotional support, learn coping skills and are connected to health and family resources in the community that span outside of their primary care provider’s scope. The program also offers family events that provide a place for families to meet, have fun and support each other.

Children’s Hearing Aid Texas (CHAT) Program provides auditory services and hearing aids for children in Central Texas with audiological needs who have no financial alternatives to meet those needs. The program serves families of children zero through age 20. CHAT was founded on the belief that hearing aids are essential for the development of cognitive and social skills in infants and children with hearing loss.

Family Education Program provides a variety of classes to guide new and experienced parents through the journey of parenthood. The Be Ready for Baby class prepares parents for childbirth and early parenting and the evidenced-based classes, The Nurturing Parenting Program give parents the tools and skills to support their children and to be proactive, confident and appropriate role models. The Family Learning Center offers tutoring for the diverse needs of the entire family. Parenting classes are also offered in partnership with other community organizations at various sites. All classes are offered in English and Spanish.

Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) Program helps low-income first-time mothers and their children. With registered nurses serving as home visitors, services begin prenatally and continue with child development education until the child is two years old. NFP home visitors work with families to achieve three main goals: 1) Improve pregnancy outcomes by helping women engage in good preventive health practices; 2) Improve child health and development by helping parents provide responsible and competent care; 3) Improve the economic self-sufficiency of the family by helping parents develop a vision for their own future, plan future pregnancies, continue their education and find work.

Healthy and Fair Start (HFS) Program strengthens low-income families with children younger than five years old whose well-being is at risk or who have a mild developmental delay. Any Baby Can staff utilizes Parents as Teachers, an evidence-based curriculum focusing on home-based parent education and child development. HFS home visitors work with clients in their home to create stable and safe family environments, address developmental delays, increase school readiness and encourage parent involvement in school and community. These result is improved parental confidence and competence, leading to greater family stability as well as appropriate emotional development and increased school readiness of the child.

Tandem Pregnant & Parenting Teen Collaboration promotes the health and well-being of teen parents who receive prenatal care at People’s Community Clinic. The collaboration works to reduce the risk of low birth weight infants and subsequent unplanned pregnancies. Tandem utilizes Teen Parents As Teachers, an evidence-based curriculum focusing on home-based parent education and child development from the teen perspective. Tandem has been recognized for incorporating many nationally identified best practices for serving teen parents as well as being particularly effective in promoting positive health behaviors among its participants. Collaboration partners are Any Baby Can, Austin Child Guidance Center, LifeWorks, and People’s Community Clinic.

No Estás Solo/You are Not Alone Counseling Program employs clinically licensed therapists who provide home-based mental health counseling in English or Spanish to children and families enrolled in other Any Baby Can home visitation programs. Counseling services help clients address mental health issues and cope with stressful and difficult situations.