Karen refugees

Tin Tin Aye sits on the floor in her Iowa apartment, laughing and stacking building blocks with her son who’s almost two. Her bright smile…

Eddie

“Never stop working for what you feel your family deserves,” said Eddie, an NFP dad. Eddie, a 29-year old dad in the Nurse-Family Partnership program,…

Mariah and Nurse Vicki

Sitting on the floor of her Duncanville, Texas, home, 20-year-old Mariah Gaines gently rolls a ball to her 8-month-old son Ezekiel. When he catches it,…

Lauren

I can stand up, set those boundaries and make the decisions that are best for not just me, but for my daughter. Lauren Biser speaks…

Nurse Pat

Spotlight on Nurses – Pat’s story. As a community nurse, Pat believed in her heart that the work she was doing—providing preventive healthcare to young mothers…

Jermaine

Jermaine returns home from the pediatrician’s office. His 2-month-old son, Ja’Marr, was due for a round of his immunizations. “He did great,” Jermaine says with…

Mark

Two years ago Mark was working the night shift at McDonald’s in Lubbock, Texas, when a young woman walked up to the counter and asked…

Rosa

On March 15, Rosa Valentin – a 16-year old mom from Lancaster, Pennsylvania – testified before the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on her…

Jessika

It was hard enough for Jessika to learn that she was pregnant at age 20. What made it even harder: Few others seemed to have…