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 1,856 home visitors in 2021. 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 296 supervisors in 2021. 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 40 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2021.
Families Served Through Evidence-Based Home Visiting in 2021
Race
2% American Indian/Alaska Native
3% Asian
34% Black
<1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
52% White
8% Multiple
Ethnicity
34% Hispanic or Latino
66% Not Hispanic or Latino
Caregiver age
32% ≤21 years
48% 22-29 years
19% 30-44 years
<1% ≥45 years
Caregiver education
20% No HS diploma
68% 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
Primary Language
82% English
11% Spanish
7% Another language
Child age
44% <1 year
56% 1-2 years
0% 3-5 years
Child insurance status
88% Public
5% Private
7% None