Morrill County Community Hospital participates in the Children's Outreach Program* in conjunction with twelve other area healthcare agencies.  This program serves Western Nebraska's children age 0-5 and their families.

*The Children's Outreach Program is funded through a federal Rural Health Outreach Grant. 

If you are a proud new parent, Morrill County Home Health would like to congratulate you and welcome your baby into the world!  Most importantly, we would like to help make sure your health and your baby's health are fine.  We offer home visits and free service to families.  We also can help with health assessments, education, support, and information about how to get any help you might need for you and your family.

• New Baby

• Child Birth to Five

• To arrange for a home visit

• Participating Area Agencies

• Additional Parenting Information

With a New Baby, Your local hospital will provide:

    -- A home visit within a few days of going home

    -- Assistance with parenting and questions about your infant 

    -- Help with nursing or feeding

    -- Someone to call when you need information or help

    -- Parenting tips like how to use a car seat correctly or how to

       communicate with your infant.

For Children Birth to Five your local hospital/agency will assist you to:

    -- Bond with your child

    -- Learn about the importance of the first months and years of your

       child's life

    -- Learn how to stimulate your child's brain and ability to learn

    -- Learn about normal behavior in infants, toddlers and preschoolers

    -- Be aware of good nutrition

    -- Teach good behavior

To arrange a home visit, call one of the local providers.

Participating Area Agencies

• Legend Buttes Health Services

        308-665-1770

        Crawford

• Chadron Community Hospital

        308-432-5586

        Chadron

• Regional West Medical Center

        308-630-1550 or 888-470-6494

        Scottsbluff

• Alliance Home Health - RWMC

        308-762-6856

        Alliance

• Gordon Memorial Hospital

        308-282-0401

        Gordon

• Morrill County Community Hospital - Home Health

        308-262-1600

        Bridgeport

• Garden Co. Health Services

        308-772-3283

        Oshkosh

• Kimball County Hospital - Home Health

        308-235-3065

        Kimball

• Memorial Health Center - Home Health

        308-254-3273

        Sidney  

• Hi Line Home Health

        308-352-7260

        Grant

• Dundy County Hospital

        308-423-2204

        Benkelman

• Western Community Health Resources

        308-432-2747 or 1-800-717-1231

        Chadron, Alliance, & Gordon

• Panhandle Community Services

        308-632-2540 (Health Center)

        308-635-3089 (Head Start)

        Gering

• Volunteers of America

        Program Coordination

        308-778-5548

        Contact for all sites

For additional parenting information call:

• Parent Assistance Line (parenting)

        1-800-642-9909

• Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Helpline

        (Nurse on call 24hrs/day)

        1-800-862-1889