Ontario Supporting Healthy Child Growth and Development

by Bob Montgomery

The Ontario government is increasing the annualized funding of the Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program.

Huron Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson says the Huron Perth Public Health Unit will receive a substantial increase of $101,281 to better support children’s development and family well being in Huron and Perth. The program connects vulnerable families to key prevention, early identification and intervention services.

The Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program is free and delivered through local public health units. The program offers home visits to families at risk for challenges affecting healthy child development, starting from the prenatal stage through to the child’s transition to school. It also provides universal screening for families after the birth of their babies.

Thompson says this funding announcement is part of the government's additional investment of more than $11.7 million in healthy child development programs across the province.