The Child & Family center provides essential services to Mesa County families through a strong collaboration between Hilltop and Mesa County Department of Human Services staff. The collaboration increases training opportunities, materials, and resources across program, resulting in more comprehensive and consistent services for our clients.
Programs at the Child & Family Center include Family First, B4 Babies & Beyond, and the Kiddin' Around Learning Center. KALC is the ONLY child care center to be awarded 4 out of 4 stars for 2008/2009 by Qualistar Early Learning. Read the news release HERE!Programs
B4 Babies & Beyond
Ensuring healthy women and children by providing access to quality health care insurance.
- Provides application assistance and screening for Medicaid and CHP+ health care programs
- Provides temporary insurance cards when eligible
- Serves 47% of all pregnant woman in Mesa County
- Assists in finding a physician and setting up prenatal appointments
- Provides information on nutrition, growth and development, and healthy choices during pregnancy
- Provides information and referrals to community resources
- Translation and transportation services for spanish-speaking women
- Baby & Me Tobacco Free Program - Smoking cessation program for pregnant women, with an incentive to earn free diapers for up to one year
Family First
Building strong families through in-home parenting support and education.
- Weekly support and education groups for young moms and young dads
- Parenting skills development provided in the home
- Training camp for 1st time fathers
- In-home visits beginning before the baby is born
- Spanish-speaking staff always available
- Referrals and support in meeting family needs
Quality, nurturing childcare where children spread their wings and fly.
- Child care, preschool, before/after school care for children 1 to 21 years
- Healthy breakfast, lunch and snacks
- The Teaching Pyramid, a proactive system of preventative behavior support designed for all of the children in a multi-classroom program of early child care and/or education
- Fun summer programming
- Meeting the needs of children with behavioral, physical, emotional or developmental issues
- Only child care center in Mesa Country to receive 3 out of 4 stars from Qualistar Early Learning for 2008/2009
(970) 248-0873
Uncompahgre Prenatal Program
Providing education, referrals and access to prenatal health care services to uninsured pregnant women in Montrose County.
- Educational information regarding: nutrition, basic development (including effects of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs), and importance of prenatal care
- An UPP Prenatal Mentor helps refer individuals to available community resources and who is bilingual-bicultural and provides translation assisting monolingual and Spanish-speaking women during pregnancy related and prenatal care appointments. Transportation is provided as needed
- Program staff who set up visits to local health and human service departments; a lab or hospital for ultrasound and other tests; prenatal appointments; Montrose Memorial for a two-hour pregnancy pre-admittance process; one-hour glucose tolerance test; a pediatrician's office visit for the baby's first check-up; a prenatal care provider for two postpartum check-ups; and local dental clinic
- Community outreach and education
For more information contact Anita at: (970) 252-5097
Pediatric Alternative Treatment Unit
Provides a unique pediatric alternative to psychiatric hospitalization
- Provides residential treatment for children ages 5-11 years old
- Accepting referrals 24-hours a day
- Providing individualized treatment for each child in a home-like setting
- To admit a child call the Mobile Crisis Team at (970) 241-6022