Nurse-Family Partnership is a national non-profit that delivers an evidence-based home visiting model pairing registered nurses with first-time, low-income mothers from pregnancy through the child’s second birthday to improve maternal and child health, early development, and family economic self-sufficiency.
Advocacy for public funding of home visiting and early childhood programs, maternal and child health policy, Medicaid and other healthcare reimbursement for home-based services, workforce supports for nurses and home visitors, evidence-based program funding and evaluation, prevention of child maltreatment and promotion of early development
Primarily a mix of public funding (federal, state, and local grants and contracts) and private philanthropy, supplemented by service agreements and occasional Medicaid reimbursements
Founder/researcher David Olds; local implementing agencies and community health providers; state public health and human service agencies; philanthropic and healthcare partners
non-profit organization
