Healthiest Babies Possible Program - For At Risk Pregnant Women
Addictions / Substance Use, Family / Parenting, Food, Pregnancy Care, and Public Health
Provided by Vancouver Coastal Health
Healthiest Babies Possible (HBP) provides nutrition counselling, health education, food access and social support to pregnant women facing challenging life circumstances in Vancouver and Richmond
Prenatal outreach program to promote a healthy pregnancy for at-risk pregnant women ages 25 and up living in Vancouver.
Services offered include:
Services offered include:
- Nutrition counselling to support the health of the mother and growing baby;
- food supplement and prenatal vitamins;
- Nutrition counselling to support the health of the mother and growing baby
- breastfeeding information;
- food coupons;
- labour and delivery information;
- Dental health education and *dental hygiene referral (*Vancouver clients only);
- community referrals;
- education about smoking, alcohol, and drug concerns;
- prenatal and parent/infant groups.
Home visits are available. Also partners with the Youth Pregnancy and Parenting Program (YPPP) offer youth-centred services and supports to clients age 24 years and younger.
Services and materials are offered in various languages; interpreters are also available. Self-referrals accepted.
604-675-3982
Public email: hbp@vch.ca
Website: https://www.vch.ca/en/service...
Robert and Lily Lee Family Community Health Centre - 1669 East Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5N 1V9
​Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 8:30 AM. - 4:30 PM. Thursday: 9:15 AM. - 5:30 PM.
Wheelchair accessible.
604-675-3982
8100 Granville Avenue, Richmond, British Columbia, V6Y 1R4
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Friday : 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Thursdays: 10:15 AM to 6:30 PM.
Service is available in Arabic, Cantonese, English, Hindi, Mandarin, Punjabi, Spanish, and Urdu.
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Self-referral
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Vancouver Coastal Health:
Just the closest matches listed. Click to see more!- Community Health Centre (CHC) - Evergreen Community Health Centre
- Community Health Centre (CHC) - Robert and Lily Lee Family
- Food Asset Map
Availability
Service area: Richmond, Vancouver
Service Types Provided
Addictions / Substance Use
Family / Parenting
Pregnancy Care
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at a single location
- Provided at home
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.