Since 1990 Healthy Babies Project, Inc. has served the poorest D.C. families with integrated health, education, and support services so they can build healthy, strong, independent families. We operate three primary programs to serve these young people.
Teen Parent Empowerment Program (TPEP): evidence-based, long-term case management and mentoring for pregnant/parenting youth and their children, which includes weekly parenting classes. Staff visit girls one-on-one during and after pregnancy, using an evidence-based model designed for overburdened families at-risk for adverse childhood experiences, child maltreatment, trauma, violence, mental health and/or substance abuse issues, facilitating access to health care, health education, and practical support. Our Home Visiting and Family Support Program serves families during pregnancy until children are up to three years old
Life Empowerment Program (LEP): This short-term, interactive peer-to-peer training equips community youth with personal safety, family planning, and communication skills using gender- and- age-appropriate evidence-based models.
HBP Booster Sessions: These monthly, interactive workshops enrich vulnerable District youth in building healthy relationships, choosing a career path, and learning advocacy skills. Any District youth may attend. Most participants are HBP Life Empowerment Program (LEP) alumni.
Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP): HBP’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) is a high quality, structured, short-term life skills and work readiness program for D.C. youth between the ages of 14 and 17. SYEP is conducted as a full-day program for six weeks during the summer at HBP’s facilities.
Additional Services
At Healthy Babies Project, we understand that no two families are the same. Not only are we concerned over the attention given to an expectant mother and her developing baby, but all members of her family. We help mothers and their families identify free services they need and connect them to those resources including:
- Housing at Muriel House
- Housing at Perennial House
- Pregnancy testing
- Risk assessment
- Health screenings
- Mental health screenings and referrals
- Substance abuse screenings and referrals
- Crisis intervention
- Emergency services
- GED referrals and enrollment
- Doula services
- Advocacy training
- HBP Booster Sessions
- Fatherhood Education Empowerment Development (FEED)
- Adopt A Family holiday services