MetroHealth Nurse-Family Partnership

If you’re pregnant with your first baby, you likely have a lot of questions and concerns. The Nurse-Family Partnership at The MetroHealth System can help you have a healthy pregnancy and delivery – and offer support through baby’s 2nd birthday.

The Nurse-Family Partnership is a free program for women pregnant with their first baby. You will be paired with a registered nurse who will come to your home and provide support, advice and information to help you have a healthy pregnancy and be a great parent after baby arrives.

The program offers a range of services to help pregnant and new parents thrive, including:

• What to expect during labor and delivery
• Monitoring blood pressure and weight
• Help with breast feeding
• Connecting clients to housing, food and transportation resources
• Enrolling in insurance and other benefits
• Connecting clients with substance abuse programs
• Help with completing education, such as graduating from high school, earning a GED, and enrolling in college or technical education programs
• Educating parents about safe sleep practices
• Following baby’s health to make sure they are growing, getting vaccines and meeting milestones

You can enroll in the program if you are:

• pregnant with your first child
• 28 weeks pregnant or less
• low-income or enrolled in a program like WIC or Medicaid
• a resident of Cuyahoga County

You do not need to be a MetroHealth patient to enroll. To learn more about the program or to enroll, call our office at 440-592-3837 or the Cuyahoga County office of Help Me Grow at 216-930-3322.

MetroHealth's Nurse-Family Partnership Storytelling Series

These stories are part of a series following first-time parents enrolled with MetroHealth’s Nurse-Family Partnership. The series is made possible thanks to a storytelling grant from the William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation.