The second annual National Home Visiting Week took place this past week, ending Friday. As home visitors with Supporting Hands Nurse-Family Partnership, we want to share what this work means to us and ...

During a role-playing activity on March 4, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas, home visitor Amanda Pedlar and parent Bridget Collins check their smiles in a mirror, illustrating what someone might look like ...

Soon after Miriam Bravo began watching her 2-year-old grandson full-time, she realized that many years had passed since she was last responsible for a young child. Feeling a bit rusty, she turned to ...

For the first time, National Home Visiting Week and Colorado Home Visitor Appreciation Week will be celebrated April 21–25. This is a meaningful opportunity to recognize the essential work of home ...

Home visiting programs are free services for pregnant women and families with children under five. These programs are largely funded by a federal initiative started in 2010 as part of the Affordable ...

Programs like Empowering Families of Milwaukee teach parents how to support their child's early development. A child's brain develops rapidly in the first three years, making parental interaction ...

There is an urgent need to improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes and decrease their racial disparities in the US. Prenatal nurse home visiting programs could help achieve this by increasing ...

During Home Visiting Week, June 9-13, First 5 Santa Barbara County, along with the Central Coast Home Visitation Partners, invites all community members to honor the real-life superheroes who help ...

Edie Starr, of South Windsor, right, talks to her brother Burt Deane through the window at Manchester Manor Health Care Center. When Deane was fighting with coronavirus a few months ago, Starr and her ...