To enhance health and safety of young children through evidence based home visiting practices.
The home visiting program for pregnant women and families with young children offers information, guidance, risk assessment, and parenting support at home. The evidence based models in this program are designed to improve child health and development, pregnancy outcomes, and parenting skills.
The Children and Youth Branch supports four evidence based home visiting models - Nurse Family Partnership
, Healthy Families America
, Parents as Teachers
, and Early Head Start/Home-Based Option
.
The following list of documents provides additional information about our home visiting services.