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July Story Walk Kick-off to Include Free Books and Ice Cream Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust is partnering with the North Country Prenatal/Perinatal Council, Inc.’s YEAH! Program and the Lowville Free L…

(Watertown, New York)—Healthy Families Jefferson County, a Healthy Families New York program hosted by the North Country Prenatal/Perinatal Council, along with Healthy Families America, a pr…

The FDA is advising consumers not to use Similac, Alimentum, or EleCare powdered infant formulas if:the first two digits of the code are 22 through 37; and the code on the container contains K8, SH…

The North Country Prenatal/Perinatal Council, Inc. hosted a chicken barbecue fundraiser on September 11th, 2021. All proceeds from the fundraiser were donated to several local first responders, inclu…

October is Safe Sleep and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month!Although the rates of SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths have decreased over the…

Several weeks ago, NCPPC’s Healthy Families Jefferson closed out their fourth year of partnering with families. Their first family joined on August 30, 2017, and they are still with them today! In th…

Local organization urges North Country youth to receive babysitting certification | WWTI – InformNNY.com WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) — A local organization is working to teach North Country youth skil…

Check out what NCPPC has been up to for the last quarter and stay updated on upcoming events this fall/winter. To read the full bulletin click: Summer 2021 Spring Wrap-up NCPPC Fundraising Bulletin

(Watertown, NY) – The North Country Prenatal/Perinatal Council, Inc. is happy to announce the receipt of a generous grant from Stewarts Shops. This grant was received as a part of the Stewart’s Holid…

Stay updated with all of NCPPC’s events and activities with our new fundraising bulletin.  The Spring 2021 Fundraising Bulletin will tell you all you need to know about how our winter has been and wh…

(Watertown, New York)—Healthy Families Jefferson County, along with Healthy Families America, recognizes the importance of community-based support for all children and families during Nation…

2019-2020 was an exciting yet challenging year for NCPPC! See our year in review in the North Country Prenatal/Perinatal Council, Inc. 2019-2020 Annual Report. Thank you to everyone who contributed t…

WATERTOWN – Beginning next month, children ages 5 and under living in the city will begin receiving free books, thanks to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and the North Country Library System’s new…

Families Together of the North Country is a non-profit, local chapter of Families Together in New York State, a family run organization thatworks with community members (Parents, children, educator…

Here at NCPPC, we love the holiday season and celebrate enthusiastically. Every year we have usually have Secret Santa or White Elephant and a nice staff party, usually at Garland City Beer Works, wh…

Anne Garno, Director of Population Health, spoke with 7News’ Makenzie Piatt about NCPPC’s health insurance marketplace navigators. Open enrollment for qualified health plans starts November 16th to t…

Food insecurity or a lack of availability to low-cost healthy foods is common in rural areas where distance to grocery stores is far and the quality of food may be lower. Convenience stores are often…

Watertown, NY – Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America) announced today that the Healthy Families America (HFA) affiliate, Healthy Families Jefferson County, has been accredited as a provider of hi…

ANCA awards mini grants to local food projects Cooking classes and other local food outreach activities by Healthy Families Jefferson County are among the beneficiaries of mini grants from the Adiron…

Happy Anniversary to US! The North Country Prenatal/Perinatal Council became incorporated in July 1988 as the first perinatal network in New York State. We’ve come such a long way in the last thirty…

The North County Prenatal/Perinatal Council and Heartbeats for Madden are proud to announce their collaboration to promote infant safe sleep practices for all new parents in Jefferson, Lewis and St…