Helping first-time moms and families

The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program is the gold standard of home visiting programs locally and nationally. The program provides services to first-time moms from pregnancy up until the baby is two years old. NFP services target the prevention of child abuse and neglect, the improvement of pregnancy outcomes, the economic self-sufficiency of the family, and healthy child development. NFP performed outreach to 80 community organizations, providers, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and schools throughout 2022. Outreach efforts included presentations, meetings, telephone calls, and mailings. As a result, the NFP team doubled its number of monthly client visits from 51 in January to 105 in November.

Public health nurses completed 26 health promotion presentations at local childcare centers in 2022 as part of the Childcare Health Consultation grant program. In 2022, DPH nurses completed about

150 home visits with a focus on prenatal, postpartum, infant, and toddler education.