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Deyanira, a community health worker shares how she met Anna and her twins at a pediatric visit.
Anna was new to the area and primarily spoke Spanish. She and her young twins had been living in a relative’s living room but eventually were asked to leave.
They spent the night in a nearby park.
She didn’t know anyone or where to go.
The next day she attended her children’s well-child visits. She told me, “This is all I know and it’s the only place that I really feel safe and accepted.”
We found Anna a family shelter and connected her to resources in the community. She disclosed her son had autism and our HealthySteps Specialist referred him to Early Intervention.
During a routine pediatric visit, HealthySteps set mom and her young children on a significantly better path.
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The family’s story is so different now from the day we met them.
She’s working, has transportation, and her children are in school. Her son is receiving evidence-based autism therapy.
The things that come through the door day-to-day can shock you. But when you give someone the tools to have peace of mind, that they’ve needed for years, it’s an amazing feeling.