BRINGING NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP TO YOUR COMMUNITY
Are you currently working on a funding proposal to implement Nurse-Family Partnership in your community? Contact Program Development so we can help you develop a strong proposal!
Want to bring the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program to your community? The NFP National Service Office (NSO) is here to help you get started. With the support of an NSO program development specialist and nursing implementation specialist, you will benefit from lessons learned through decades of replication at hundreds of local NFP programs across the country.
The Nurse-Family Partnership Model is based on nineteen essential model elements. Adherence to these elements provides a reasonable expectation of replication of the outcomes of NFP’s initial randomized-control trials. At NFP, this is commonly referred to as model fidelity.
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WHO IMPLEMENTS NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP?
An NFP program can live within a variety of different types of organizations and will typically serve moms in a local service area. Some of the most common network partners (NPs) include hospital systems, public health departments, community-based nonprofits, visiting nurse associations and even universities. Importantly, NFP requires that an organization be known in the community as a successful provider of prevention services to families in need.
An NFP program can launch with a minimum of two nurse home visitors and one supervisor, however the majority of NPs begin with four to eight nurse home visitors. The NSO program development team can help you determine the right size team for your community.
PLANNING FOR NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP
Implementing NFP is more than just sending a few people to a training- it is really like starting a small business! You’ll be fundraising, managing a budget, building community partnerships, hiring highly skilled staff, and continuously improving your program to meet the complex needs of the new families you serve.
Your program development team will equip you with tools and guidance for developing your program’s plans around staff and client recruitment and retention, designing your program infrastructure, building community support, planning for long-term sustainability, creating community linkages and integrating NFP into your community’s continuum of care.