Home Visiting Services
The Bloom Network
Investing in equity for Black moms and babies.
The Bloom Network is reimagining equitable investments with families and communities to FLOURISH.
For assistance, please contact:
Carie Mellenthin
Senior Manager of Strategic Initiatives
cmellenthin@generatehealthstl.org
314-880-5719 Ext 709
Devan Parkerson
Shared Measurement Coordinator
dparkerson@generatehealthstl.org
314-880-5719 Ext 711
About Us
The Bloom Network is a collaborative effort to provide quality care to families through home visitation, perinatal behavioral health, and safe sleep. We re-imagine investments with comprehensive, community-based support to our region’s Black moms, babies, and families.
What is Home Visiting?
Home visiting is a free, voluntary service where a home visiting provider comes to a family’s home to help set and reach goals through resources, community and support. Services may vary by model, but each one generally helps parents of young children to:
- Understand child development and key milestones
- Build and maintain positive parent-child relationships
- Find community resources and supports
- Improve child and family well-being
What is Missouri’s Home Visiting Referral System?
The Missouri Home Visiting Referral System is a web-based platform that makes it easy to refer a family to home visiting services anywhere in the state through one of five regional coordinated referral & intake system (CRIS) networks. Each regional CRIS network is managed by a state-funded home visiting collective impact site and includes a variety of home visiting programs and models in its specific service area.