NurturePA, Inc

The Nurture® Program is a free and confidential text-based program that connects experienced moms with new moms to offer support and resources. The Nurture® Program is a free & and confidential text-based program that connects experienced moms with new moms to offer support & resources. The information & resources shared are designed to promote the social emotional development of young children. NurturePAs mission is to provide an innovative text messaging program that creates meaningful relationships between volunteer mentors and parents to promote infant mental health and early literacy. The Nurture Program pairs perinatal moms with trained mentors who provide parenting support and information through an interactive text-messaging platform. The texting software is a highly cost-efficient means for mentors to easily interact and dialogue with parents who have incorporated cell phones into their daily lives. Child development research shows that how young children feel is as important as how they think, particularly with regard to school readiness. Research also shows that emotional development occurs on a parallel path to early literacy development.