We know that the brain is the most impressionable during infancy and early childhood and what a damaging impact trauma and neglect can have on early brain development; this is also when children’s brains are most open to learning and enriching influences, with the greatest opportunity for change — one reason why our early childhood intervention and home visiting program is making a remarkable difference in the lives of the children and families.

2024 Service Statistics

2024 Outcomes

Southside Family Nurturing Center utilizes measurable indicators of child and family achievement and program success across three outcomes areas. Below are our actual outcomes for 2023 with our goals for children and families enrolled in our program in parenthesis.

Children are Healthy

• 89% of children are up-to-date with immunizations (goal 95%)
• 81% of children complete annual well-child checkups (goal 100%)
• 100% of children consume a nutritious breakfast and/or lunch Monday-Friday (goal 95%)

Children are Ready for School

• 100% of children enrolled are assessed for developmental delays (100%)
• 59% of children who were were behind developmentally in one or more domain, received early intervention including occupational, speech, physical, music or play therapy (goal 90%)
• 83% of children maintain or improve their social-emotional functioning (goal 85%)
• 63% of children showed 1 or more years of developmental process in all areas of development over 12 months (goal 85%)

Children Live in Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Environments

• 73% of families demonstrate positive, responsive parenting techniques that support children’s social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development (goal 75%)
• 85% of families consistently promote their children’s language development (goal 85%)
• 100% of families access community resources and referrals (goal 95%)

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