Home Visiting Programs
Purpose
To enhance the health and safety of young children through evidence-based home visiting (EBHV) practices.
Description
The home visiting program for pregnant women and families with young children offers information, guidance, risk assessment, and parenting support at home. The home visiting models in this program are designed to improve child health and development, pregnancy outcomes, and parenting skills.
The Division of Child and Family Well-Being supports two EBHV models Healthy Families America and Nurse-Family Partnership.
NC leverages a variety of funding sources to support EBHV programs. Both Healthy Families America (HFA) and the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) home visiting programs are funded through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program, county, philanthropic, private, state, and Tribal funds. HRSA also provides Maternal Child Health Block Grant (MCHBG) funds for critical infrastructure, support, and resources to the state’s overall Maternal and Child Health (MCH) efforts. The MCHBG Title V Program uses funds to leverage partnerships and blend with other federal and state funding sources for initiatives to improve national and state performance measures associated with MCH priorities.
The five-year reauthorization of MIECHV in 2022 requires a new, annually updated “Outcomes Dashboard” to help Congress and the public track MIECHV’s success in improving family outcomes in every state or territory. HRSA requires funding recipients to collect and report performance data. This dashboard only shows data from home visiting programs that are funded by MIECHV.
View the new MIECHV Outcomes Dashboard. Select the Awardees tab and from the drop-down menu on the left select North Carolina.
List of Resources
The following list of resources provides additional information about our home visiting services.
NC MIECHV Fact Sheet (July 2025)
2025 North Carolina Home Visiting Needs Assessment Update
2024 North Carolina Home Visiting Needs Assessment Amendment
2020 North Carolina Home Visiting Needs Assessment
2011 North Carolina Updated State Plan
North Carolina Healthy Families America
North Carolina Nurse-Family Partnership
Maps
MIECHV Healthy Families America and Nurse-Family Partnership Sites and Eligible Counties
Nurse-Family Partnership MIECHV and non-MIECHV
Home Visiting in North Carolina
NC Home Visiting Program Information
NC Home Visiting Program Contacts
Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up
Related Information
North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education
North Carolina Early Childhood Action Plan
Reports
North Carolina Early Home Visiting Landscape Analysis (2018)
North Carolina 2020 MIECHV Statewide Needs Assessment- County Risk Assessment
North Carolina 2020 MIECHV Statewide Needs Assessment- Home Visiting and Substance Abuse Disorders
North Carolina 2020 MIECHV Statewide Needs Assessment- County Risk Assessment Home Visiting Programs
Video
HRSA's Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
Contact
Greer Cook: MIECHV Program Manager, 919-218-6913, greer.cook@dhhs.nc.gov