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HUG Program
The Help U Grow "HUG" Program is a community-based program dedicated to helping families whose baby is currently in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or has recently been discharged.
The "HUG" Program is here to help you and your baby get off to a good start by providing you with the parent support, information, and referrals you may need to promote your infant’s earliest development. All "HUG" services are provided at no cost to you and your family.
While your baby is in the NICU the "HUG" Program offers:
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Our "HUG" information packet.
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Ongoing consultation with our "HUG" NICU Family Resource Coordinator who can offer parent support, information, and refer you to services you choose within our community.
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Baby Cues 101 Class which will help you understand your baby’s behavioral cues.
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Home visit consultation with our "HUG" Early Intervention Nurse to assist with transition home from the NICU or through other home visitation programs such as Healthy Start, Parents as Teachers and Healthy Families.
"HUG" services after your baby is discharged from the NICU include:
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Follow-up phone call and/or e-mail around one month from our "HUG" Family Resource Coordinator.
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Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ), infant developmental questionnaire mailed to you when your baby is 4, 8 and 12 months adjusted age.
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Referral assistance/advocacy to Early Steps for any infant who demonstrates a developmental delay and/or family is concerned.
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Transition information and referrals to community programs serving infants over 12 months adjusted age.
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Home visit consultation with our "HUG" Early Intervention Nurse to assist with transition home from the NICU.
If your baby is still in the NICU and you would like to talk with someone about the "HUG" Program, please call or e-mail your hospital "HUG" Family Resource Coordinator:
If your baby has been discharged from the NICU and you would like more information,
please call Cindy Collins, RN, "HUG" Early Intervention Nurse at 393-7275
or e-mail: help-ugrow@hstart.org.
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Highlights of the "HUG" Program:
July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009
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Screened 1,428 infants for the "HUG" Program and family support services
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Provided 1,182 families with services through either "HUG" or other programs such as Healthy Start, Healthy Families, Parents As Teachers, etc.
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Conducted developmental screenings at regular intervals on 63 NICU graduates
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Provided Baby Cues Parenting classes to over 60 families while their child was in the NICU |
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