New Parent Support Program

The New Parent Support Program is a team made up of nurses, social workers and home visitation specialists who offer support and guidance by helping parents:

• Build strong, healthy bonds with their infants and toddlers that will lay the foundation for their social and emotional development
• Manage the demands of parenting, especially when impacted by deployments and other military operations
• Remain flexible and responsive when navigating daily life
• Build a strong support network
• Respond to infant and toddler behavior sensitively and be attuned to their developmental needs
• Find services in the local community in time of need

Learn more about the New Parent Support Program and contact your installation New Parent Support Program office to find out what’s available at your installation.

New Parent Support Program staff are child development professionals, including registered nurses, clinical social workers, and para-professionals trained in the delivery and practice of established home visiting models. The program is supervised and monitored at the installation level by the Family Advocacy program manager.

The program is available to military families who are expecting a baby or have children age 3 or younger. Marine Corps eligibility includes families with at least one child under 5.

Contact your installation New Parent Support Program office or Family Advocacy Program office.

Luke Air Force Base offers many programs for new parents.

New Parent Support Program

The New Parent Support Program is an exciting program offered through Family Advocacy to provide support to mothers and families by offering a wide variety of services such as:

• Lactation consultant and doula list
• Health Net breast pump supplier list
• Home visits by a nurse
• Postpartum support information
• Layette Program
• Breast feeding support
• Play groups

For additional information, contact Family Advocacy at 623-856-4183 or DSN 312-896-4183.

Thrive Initiative

Family Advocacy and the 56 MDG Pediatric Clinic are in collaboration with the Thrive Parenting Skills Program at no-cost for military families. The program is a self-paced video instruction with separate instructions for ages birth to three, three to five, five to 10 and 10 to 18. See Family Advocacy for more information.

Women's, Infant, Children's Program

This program provides nutritious supplemental foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding support and referrals to health and social services for pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants and children age zero to five. WIC serves as an adjunct to health care during critical times of growth and development to prevent the occurrence of health problems and improve the health and nutritional status of the participants. Call for more information at 877-809-5092 extension 131508. For WIC income eligibility guidelines, visit the Arizona Department of Health Services website.