Nurse-Family Partnership
Nurse-Family Partnership seeks to improve participants’ lives in three key areas: pregnancy outcomes (by helping women improve prenatal health), child health and development (by helping parents provide sensitive and competent caregiving), and parents’ life trajectories (by helping them develop a vision for their future, plan subsequent pregnancies, continue their education, and find work).
What is the model’s approach to providing home visiting services?
Home visits take place based on a family’s level of need and a child’s age. Services are provided until the child’s second birthday. Nurse-Family Partnership requires families to initiate services prenatally by the 28th week of pregnancy.
Nurse-Family Partnership’s service population includes the following:
- Expectant caregivers
- Families with low incomes or limited resources
- First-time caregivers
Who is implementing the model?
Home Visitors
Nurse-Family Partnership was implemented by 1,784 home visitors in 2023. The model requires a bachelor’s degree in nursing for home visitors. The minimum caseload requirement for home visitors is 25 families.
Supervisors
Nurse-Family Partnership was implemented by 371 supervisors in 2023. The model requires a bachelor’s degree in nursing for supervisors; a master’s degree in nursing is recommended.
Where is the model implemented?
Nurse-Family Partnership operated in 276 local agencies across 39 states the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2023. Nurse-Family Partnership also operated outside the United States and its territories in Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, England, Northern Ireland, Norway, and Scotland in 2023.
Families Served Through Evidence-Based Home Visiting in 2023
Race
3% American Indian Alaska Native
3% Asian
32% Black
<1% Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander
54% White
8% Multiple
Ethnicity
38% Hispanic or Latino
62% Not Hispanic or Latino
Primary Language
83% English
15% Spanish
3% Another language
Caregiver age
30% ≤21 years
49% 22-29 years
21% 30-44 years
<1% ≥45 years
Caregiver education
21% No HS diploma
67% HS diploma or GED
8% Some college or training
4% Bachelor's degree or higher
Household income
97% Low-income status
3% Not low-income status
Child age
48% <1 year
52% 1-2 years
0% 3-5 years
Child insurance status
88% Public
5% Private
7% None