Resource Mothers Program

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2401 Corprew Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23504

Telephone Numbers and Contact Information
(757) 823-8228 Main
(757) 721-6555 Fax
524schen@gte.net Email

Operating Agency: Norfolk State University
Agency Type: State Administered
Person in charge: Agnes M. Richardson-Collins, R.N. Project Director
Hours of operation: Weekly client visits and as client needs.
Fees: No fees charged.
Eligibility requirements: Must be a teenager or adult pregnant woman (up to age 24) who is a resident of Norfolk.
Intake Procedure: Telephone, fax or e-mail referral.
Area Served: City of Norfolk

About the program:
Promotes positive outcomes and healthy infants among women who lack knowledgeable support persons. Reduces infant mortality and low birth weight rates by informing and educating women about supportive services and programs to increase the ease with which they enter prenatal care. The program's goals are to reduce infant mortality, low birth weight rates, prevent drop outs, repeat pregnancies and to facilitate good practices through a lay home visitor model.