Army Family Advocacy Program
The New Parent Support
Plus/First Steps Program, provides emotional support, parenting education,
referrals to community resources, and follow-up contact to parents with
newborns, thereby helping develop healthy family relationships to reduce the
risk of child abuse/ neglect. FAP funds the First Steps Program,
located at Martin Army Community Hospital. Each first-time mom
receives a tote bag filled with educational materials to include: a First Steps
calendar, nursery rhyme cassette for baby, tub tester, "101 Ways to Praise Your
Child" magnet, etc. First Steps volunteers are assigned to work with
new parents for up to one year after the baby is born. For more
information contact the FAP manager at (706)545-4043/7517.