Winchester Medical Center, the host agency for Healthy Families Northern
Shenandoah Valley (NSV), has been awarded $50,000 from the Virginia Department
of Social Services as part of its Community Based Child Abuse Prevention
(CBCAP) grant program. Healthy Families will use the funds to continue
its efforts to strengthen and empower families to help them build strong
foundations.
Healthy Families NSV provides education and support to parents in Frederick,
Clarke and Warren counties as well as the City of Winchester. According
to Jill Williams, program supervisor, the grant money will enable the
agency to reach out to approximately 125 families to provide: intensive
home visitation services, screenings, assessments, and community awareness
and advocacy.
“Our mission is to promote child well-being to first-time parents
or families who may be overburdened,” explains Williams. “The
CBCAP grant will allow us to conduct extensive community education and
outreach activities as well as enhance community awareness and develop
educational resources.”
For nearly 16 years, Winchester Medical Center has been the host agency
for Healthy Families NSV, part of the Healthy Families Virginia state
system, nationally accredited by Healthy Families America through Prevent
Child Abuse Virginia.
“I am so proud of our program, the outstanding work our team does
with their families, the detailed management of our data system and the
daily support and encouragement our program supervisors provide our team,”
says Sara Schoonover Martin, executive director of Healthy Families NSV.