St. Joseph First Born® Home Visiting Program

The St. Joseph First Born® home visiting program developed and first established by Victoria Johnson in 1997 will provide mothers, fathers and primary care providers with education and support to encourage normal growth and development of happy, healthy babies in positive, nurturing families. The program focuses on a child’s health & development during the most important period of early brain development – from prenatal to three years of age. First time pregnant women and parents receive weekly home visits by a trained health educator. The visits are an opportunity for new parents to learn about :

All mothers are offered a postpartum home visit immediately following delivery. All first-time parents, families and their newborns residing in designated zip codes** within the greater Albuquerque Metropolitan area will be welcome to participate in this free program. Program participation may begin any time during pregnancy up until a baby is 2 months old. Participation may continue until the baby is 3 years old.

Please call 505-924-8000 to find out more about the St. Joseph First Born® home visiting program.

**Zip codes currently served: 87102, 87105, 87108, 87121, and 87031

First Born® is a federally registered trademark of Victoria Johnson.

St. Joseph Community Health is a member of Catholic Health Initiatives, a national nonprofit health organization with headquarters in Denver, Colorado. CHI is a faith-based system that operates in 20 states and includes 78 hospitals; 40 long-term care, assisted- and residential-living facilities; and two community health-services organizations. Together, these facilities provided $536 million in charity care and community benefit in the 2008 fiscal year, including services for the poor, free clinics, education and research. CHI is the nation's second-largest Catholic health care system.