Nurse-Family Partnership
Home visitation for first time mothers, from pregnancy until the child turns two.
Evidence Based
Home visitation for first time mothers, from pregnancy until the child turns two.
Evidence Based
Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) helps transform the lives of first-time mothers and their babies. Registered nurses make regular home visits and provide moms with the care and support they need to have a healthy pregnancy, provide responsible and competent care for their children, and become more economically self-sufficient.
This map only shows programs funded by South Carolina First Steps. For more information about services available in your area, contact your local First Steps partnership.
NFP empowers first-time moms to transform their lives and create better futures for themselves and their babies.
Pregnant moms and expectant families
Families with babies and toddlers
Pregnant women are enrolled through the end of the second trimester and receive 64 home visits over a 2.5-year period, until the child's second birthday.
In-home coaching with trained parent educators
Education and support for the whole family
NFP is designed to improve prenatal health and child functioning, improve family functioning and economic self-sufficiency, and prevent child maltreatment in the first two years of life.
517
children served
768
families served
7
counties served
Health
Family ConnectsStrengthening bonds within families of newborns and linking them directly to supportive community resources.
Health
Early Identification & ReferralProviding developmental screenings and referrals to other services, independent of another partnership program
Health
Reach Out and ReadBooks and information on reading books to children provided during well-child visits
Translation services are available.
