States

Nurse-Family Partnership has deep roots in New York. The Empire State is where the program’s long history of research and results began to bloom. And today, New York is home to its largest urban implementation. Nurse-Family Partnership originated in New York State, where the first of three randomized, controlled trials was conducted in Elmira to … Continued

More than half of the young women who entered the Nurse-Family Partnership program without a high school diploma have now earned one. Surprised? It’s just one of the ways Nurse-Family Partnership is making a difference for vulnerable young women in North Dakota. Nurse-Family Partnership nurse home visitors work with low-income young women who are pregnant … Continued

The first Nurse-Family Partnership local agency in the U.S. began serving clients in Ohio, in 1996. Since then, thousands of women and their children in the Buckeye State have benefitted from this proven nurse home visitation program. Nurse-Family Partnership nurse home visitors work with low-income young women who are pregnant with their first child, helping … Continued

Oklahoma has been a leader in evidence-based home visitation. The state was one of the earliest implementers of Nurse-Family Partnership; in Oklahoma, it’s called “Children First.” Children First – Oklahoma’s Nurse-Family Partnership (C1) was created in 1996 as a deterrent to child maltreatment and a means to improving children’s health and well-being. Originally piloted in … Continued

Nurse-Family Partnership has a strong, sustained presence in Pennsylvania, thanks to bipartisan legislative support and strong local champions. The first three NFP sites in Pennsylvania were started in 1999 through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. By 2001, Governor Tom Ridge and the Department of Public Welfare worked together to fund 20 more sites. … Continued

Bringing the NFP program to The Ocean State meant relying on strong, collaborative relationships. In 2005, the Successful Start Steering Committee — Rhode Island’s Early Childhood Comprehensive System planning group — identified establishing an NFP program as one if its core strategies. Several groups and organizations were instrumental in then bringing Nurse-Family Partnership to Rhode … Continued

Thanks to the dedication of Nurse-Family Partnership, low-income, first-time parents living in South Carolina have a place to turn for support, care and help. Through Nurse-Family Partnership, women pregnant with their first child are paired with a registered nurse trained to educate, encourage and support them through the first two years of motherhood. This approach … Continued

The South Dakota Department of Health implements the Nurse-Family Partnership program in the Mount Rushmore State. In South Dakota, Nurse-Family Partnership is currently serving clients in Lincoln, Turner, Minnehaha, McCook, Marshall, Roberts, Day, Lyman, Stanley, Hughes, Beadle, Oglala Lakota, Butte, Lawrence & Pennington Counties and in the communities of Belle Fourche, Spearfish, Rapid City, Huron, … Continued

In Tennessee, the necessity of programs such as Nurse-Family Partnership is great, as the state ranks in the lowest quartile for overall child health. Infant mortality, low birth weight and poverty rates are all high. Today, Nurse-Family Partnership serves vulnerable young families in Shelby County. Public and private funding and support enables these Tennessee charitable … Continued

The Salt Lake Valley Health Department has provided maternal child health and home-based services to low-income families for more than 40 years — and today, it administers the Nurse-Family Partnership program. Nurse-Family Partnership nurse home visitors work with low-income women who are pregnant with their first child, helping these vulnerable young clients achieve healthier pregnancies … Continued

Nurse-Family Partnership in Vermont Nurse-Family Partnership nurse home visitors work with low-income women who are pregnant with their first child, helping these vulnerable young clients achieve healthier pregnancies and births, stronger child development, and a path toward economic self-sufficiency. Nurse-Family Partnership is a rare community health program that has been documented to achieve lasting and … Continued

NFP Launches in “Old Dominion” in 2012 Nurse-Family Partnership nurse home visitors work with low-income young women who are pregnant with their first child, helping these vulnerable young clients achieve healthier pregnancies and births, stronger child development, and a path toward economic self-sufficiency. Nurse-Family Partnership is a community health program that has been documented to … Continued

More than nine out of 10 mothers in the Nurse-Family Partnership program breastfeed their babies. And more than one-third continue breastfeeding when their babies reach six months of age. These are just a few of the documented outcomes in Washington State. Nurse-Family Partnership nurse home visitors work with low-income women who are pregnant with their … Continued