Home-Based Supports

The Family, Infant and Preschool Program (FIPP) offers high quality, individualized Home-Based Supports from qualified professionals based on the most current research available. FIPP professionals provide early intervention and family supports in families' homes and other convenient locations. The main goal of Home-Based Supports is to support and strengthen parent abilities to provide their children development enhancing learning opportunities and to mobilize strengths and resources to meet family needs.

FIPP offers the following services and supports at no cost and with no waiting list to families in Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, and McDowell counties.

• Child developmental evaluation and assessment
• Child psychological services
• Early childhood health and development screening
• Early childhood education
• Early childhood special education
• Family support
• Nursing services
• Occupational therapy
• Physical therapy
• Speech-language therapy
• Assistive technology supports and services
• Infant and child mental health services
• Neonatal follow-up care
• Early Head Start services