Tiny Steps Program
Maternity Support Services in Wilmington and Newark
When you are pregnant you should not have to worry about paying medical bills so that you and your baby can have a healthy and safe birthing experience. The Tiny Steps Program gives the smallest, most vulnerable members of our community a fighting chance. Tiny Steps offers complete prenatal and maternity care, bilingual health classes, patient/parent education, and counseling to all expectant mothers, regardless of financial circumstances.
Tiny Steps operates out of the Family Practice Center at Saint Francis Hospital and the Center of Hope in Newark. If you are expecting a child and worried about your financial situation, please call us at 302.575.8040. Our office hours are 8 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. We serve all demographics, regardless of religion, race, color, and economic background.
Services offered
When accepted into the Tiny Steps Program, you will have access to their services both before your baby is born and throughout their first year of life. Tiny Steps will provide your baby with its first year primary care needs through the Family Practice Office.
- Pre-pregnancy planning
- Pregnancy testing
- Complete prenatal care
- The same physician for nearly all your prenatal visits
- 24-hour emergency care
- Access to the Healthy Mother, Healthy Baby Program
- Childbirth classes
- Delivery at Saint Francis Hospital
- Care in the hospital and post-delivery for your baby
- Care of infant/child and immunization
- Laboratory services
- Financial aid
- Bilingual patient education on pregnancy, childhood development and care, safety, parenting and nutrition
- Help accessing necessary services and resources available throughout the community
- In-office testing for anemia, hyperbilirubinemia, and other common medical problems.