Family Wellness Community Health Navigator Program
Helping our babies reach their first birthday
Helping our babies reach their first birthday
Our Community Health Navigators work with women who are pregnant or have a baby under the age of one. We also aim to reach and engage those individuals who are statistically the most at-risk for low birth weight and infant mortality.
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What do the Community Health Navigators do?
The Family Wellness Community Health Navigator Program is made possible through a partnership with:
Why is low birth weight a concern? It increases the risk of health complications. The baby’s tiny body is not as strong, and he or she may have a harder time eating, gaining weight, and fighting infection.
INFANT MORTALITY is defined as the death of a live-born baby before his or her first birthday.
Quick facts about infant mortality:
This program serves residents of Montgomery County.
For more information, call (937) 299-LINK.
Our Community Health Navigators are primarily based at our Center for Families in Dayton, 1046 Brown Street.
The July 7, 2023 groundbreaking marks the beginning of construction on a 6,500 square foot addition to the existing building which was originally built in the mid-1960s. The addition will have new space for the agency’s emergency food pantry, an elevator, a new entrance and Welcome Center, and a community room.