LCO Mino Maajisewin Home Visitation Program Moves to CDC Building

In October, the Mino Maajisewin Home Visitation Program moved from the Tribal Office to the CDC Building on Highway K. The Mino Maajisewin offices are located next to the LCO Vocational Rehabilitation Program.

 

Mino Maajisewin is a voluntary home visitation program that is designed to support parents in the care and development of their baby and young children. This program is available to LCO community members and their families who are pregnant and/or who are parents of young children up to age five years old. Our goal is to enroll a woman into the program as early as possible in her pregnancy or before the infant is three months old. The Mino Maajisewin Program is particularly designed for families of young children who have multiple needs.

Once a family is enrolled in the LCO Mino Maajisewin Program, our home visitors provide weekly home visits to share information on parenting skills and child development. Our program utilizes the Growing Great Kids Curriculum which provides information about: Basic Care; Social and Emotional Development; Cues and Communication; Physical and Brain Development; Play and Stimulation; and Self Care for the caregiver. The home visitor and parents do lots of fun activities that promote a positive learning environment for infants and young children.

The Mino Maajisewin program currently has five staff who participate in ongoing professional development activities:

• Jenny Bisonette, Program Coordinator
• Mary F. Tribble, Administrative Assistant/Data Specialist
• Melody Guibord, Home Visitor
• Charity Valentin, Home Visitor
• Geraldine Whiteman, Home Visitor

We are in the process of posting for a ‘Maternal, Infant, and Child Outreach Worker/PNCC Provider’ position. All of these positions are funded through the Family Foundations Home Visitation Grant through the WI State Department of Children and Families (DCF).

Please contact us at our new number: (715) 634-1560 for more information about the Mino Maajisewin Home Visitation program.

Join us for an Open House on December 14 from 10:00 – 12:00 at the CDC Building. We want to show you our new space and have lots of program updates to share! Light refreshments will be served.