Healthy Families Montgomery & Schoharie Counties (Ican)

Healthy Families Montgomery and Schoharie Counties is a home-visiting program run by ICAN, the Integrated Community Alternatives Network, out of Suite 108 at 2 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam. The program is evidence-based and supports families who are expecting or have just welcomed a new child, with family support workers visiting at home.

ICAN was founded in Utica in 1997 with seed money from a Robert Wood Johnson grant, after Oneida County looked for ways to reduce out-of-home placements of children. It now runs about 20 programs across six counties using a wraparound model that builds an individualized, family-driven care plan.

What to know

• ICAN operated as Kids Oneida from 2007 until returning to the ICAN name in 2019.
• The organization serves more than 3,000 individuals and families each day across its programs.
• Other ICAN programs include Youth Assertive Community Treatment, home-based crisis intervention and a nurturing parenting program.
• Evelyn’s House, another ICAN program, provides transitional housing for pregnant women and new mothers aged 16 to 24.