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Navy - Fleet and Family Support Center - New Parent and Home Visitation Support Program
151 Ellyson Avenue
Building 625
NAS Pensacola, FL 32508-5239
COMM phone number for Naval Air Station Pensacola Navy - Fleet and Family Support Center - New Parent and Home Visitation Support Program
850-452-5990
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FAX phone number for Naval Air Station Pensacola Navy - Fleet and Family Support Center - New Parent and Home Visitation Support Program
850-452-5131
DSN phone number for Naval Air Station Pensacola Navy - Fleet and Family Support Center - New Parent and Home Visitation Support Program
312-459-5990
DSNFAX phone number for Naval Air Station Pensacola Navy - Fleet and Family Support Center - New Parent and Home Visitation Support Program
312-459-5131
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Mon - Fri 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sat, Sun and holidays - closed
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Contact information for key programs and services at this installation.

New Parent Support Program Overview

You may be expecting your first baby or busy with a toddler. That probably means you have your hands full, and may have questions. Thankfully, help is at hand.

The New Parent Support Program is a free service that helps military parents, including expectant parents, transition successfully into parenthood and provide a nurturing environment for their children. Services vary, but may include home visits, parenting classes, playgroups or prenatal classes.

General Program Description

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.

Staff Qualifications

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.

Eligibility

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.

Enrollment

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

Other

NAS Pensacola’s New Parent Support Home Visitation Program offers services to service members and their families from any branch of military service. The program is free to all expectant and new parents of pre-natal up to 4 years of age and who are eligible for services and the Fleet and Family Support Center as an active duty member and/or military family member.

NPSHVP Goals:

Promote healthy family functioning and positive parent-child interactions
Increase parent's knowledge of early child development
Increase parent's coping skills regarding the addition of a new child to the family
Reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect through home-based supportive education
Enhance parent’s skills in coping with challenges of parenting and military life
Increase parent’s awareness of positive parenting
Improve prenatal care through referrals to services and health-related education
Increase parent’s awareness of and access to military and civilian community resources available for families
Promote healthy childhood growth and development
Offers playgroups to increase socialization among military children and families.

For additional information, or if you have any questions please contact the NPSHVP at 850-452-5990 ext 0.