Pathways to Child and Family Excellence

The Lassen County 0 to 5 Home Visiting Program is designed to help residents with children 0 to 5 become more purposeful parents. This program is available to pregnant women and parents, both mothers and fathers who are residents of Lassen County and who have a child between the ages of birth to five years old. By building on strengths the parents already have, this program will cultivate nurturing parent-child relationships and empathetic child guidance. The Parents As Teachers curriculum (PAT) is designed for pregnant, families and children ages birth to 5 years old. The PAT curriculum is brought to the family’s home via a PAT-Parent Educator and Healthy Families America certified Home Visitor. The Home Visiting Program is funded by FIRST-5 Lassen. The Parent Educators are staffed through PATHWAYS. The program utilizes the Parent Educators in order to provide services to families that cater to each family individually and responds to all their needs that may be met by participating County Agencies. ASQ-3 developmental screening & ASQ-SE behavioral screenings for children ages 1 month to 5 and a half years are also provided by PATHWAYS staff members. Supervised Visitation services are provided on site by Certified Visitation Monitors.