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The HHI Healthy Baby Program was designed in 2013 to provide support to mothers of infants in shelters through breastfeeding support classes, health education workshops and classes on transitioning out of shelter with young children and infants.
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Undergraduate students from Villanova University have continued to work with HHI Safe Physical Activity and Recreation for Kids (SPARK) volunteers weekly at ECS St. Barnabas Mission to offer safe physical fitness activities and nutrition education.
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The award honors the tremendous efforts of a Jane Addams shelter resident who has demonstrated leadership, positive community involvement and social responsibility.
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Loving, nurturing and feeding your baby is important to any mother,but how much more challenging is it for a mother living in shelter with a newborn?
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While it seems that most families in Mercer County are living comfortably, there are countless invisible families struggling to find food and shelter and also seeking quality primary care and emergency services for their children.
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In fall 2014, Kheli Muhammad held a three-part series with a goal of empowering the mothers to envision their future. During this series, mothers at the Jane Addams shelter constructed vision/dream boards as a way to make their goals and dreams more tangible.
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Child development researchers J.J. Cutuli from Rutgers University-Camden and Janette Herbers from Villanova University are working in collaboration with the Homeless Health Initiative to better understand the impact of HHI-affiliated programs on the well-being of children experiencing family homelessness.
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HHI’s annual Family Fun & Fitness Day, held at Drexel University’s Vidas Field, grew tremendously last year.
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We at the Homeless Health Initiative felt grateful to be able to coordinate and connect hundreds of donors and volunteers to families in need at multiple emergency housing shelters around Philadelphia over the holidays in 2013.