OUTREACH PROGRAMME OFFERING ADVICE FOR PARENTS
BABYLOTSE FRANKFURT (FRANKFURT ‘BABY GUIDES’)
Around 13,000 babies are born each year in Frankfurt. The birth of a baby comes with lots of new challenges – often these are extra burdens that can have a negative impact on the baby’s development. But not all parents manage to access the wide array of resources on offer for young families. That’s why the ‘baby guides’ come to the maternity ward with advice and assistance.
For whom?
Families with newborn babies
Aim
Helping families to negotiate resources and assistance
Duration
After the birth of a baby
Location
Frankfurt
For a good start in life: recognising, explaining, connecting
‘There are now ‘baby guides’ at all six maternity clinics in Frankfurt. They offer advice about every aspect of life with a new baby. What’s more, their guidance is free of charge and available to all parents. While the mother is still on the maternity ward she has a face-to-face conversation with the ‘baby guide’ to determine what kind of support is needed and then – if she wishes – the right resources can be found for her.
‘Right from the start I was able to concentrate on my baby instead of bureaucratic matters.’
‘Right from the start I was able to concentrate on my baby instead of bureaucratic matters.’
BABYLOTSE IN NUMBERS
88
clinics throughout Germany
15–20
percent psychiatric illnesses
6
Clinics in Frankfurt
2017
expansion to all Frankfurt clinics
2007
Babylotse launches in Hamburg
BABYLOTSE ON VIDEO
‘Frau K. came up to me while I was still in hospital and went through all my questions with me – and that took care of all my worries.’
PARTNERS
Babylotse Frankfurt is a project of the Crespo Foundation, Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft, aqtivator gGmbH, BHF-Bank-Stiftung and the city of Frankfurt am Main. Deutsche Kinderschutzbund Bezirksverband Frankfurt am Main e.V. runs Babylotse Frankfurt in close cooperation with the participating maternity clinics and Stiftung SeeYou.
Contact
Nicola Küpelikilinc
Deutscher Kinderschutzbund Frankfurt
