In states and tribal communities across the country, home visitors continue to support families’ basic needs and emotional well-being throughout a period of high stress and economic instability ...

Programs like Empowering Families of Milwaukee teach parents how to support their child's early development. A child's brain develops rapidly in the first three years, making parental interaction ...

Children who have a strong start stand a better chance of lifelong success. We know this because science has shown that the first five years of life are when the child’s brain develops the fastest.

During a role-playing activity on March 4, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas, home visitor Amanda Pedlar and parent Bridget Collins check their smiles in a mirror, illustrating what someone might look like ...

For the first time, National Home Visiting Week and Colorado Home Visitor Appreciation Week will be celebrated April 21–25. This is a meaningful opportunity to recognize the essential work of home ...

A colicky baby and the lack of support led first-time mom Fatima Ray to call a number at the library offering parenting help. It put her in touch with a home visiting program, in which trained ...

The Child and Family Research Center at the College of Education & Human Development received a subaward in the amount of $2.25 million from the Federal Preschool Development grant awarded to the ...

Soon after Miriam Bravo began watching her 2-year-old grandson full-time, she realized that many years had passed since she was last responsible for a young child. Feeling a bit rusty, she turned to ...

States have many opportunities to leverage Medicaid to expand home visiting. For this reason, interventions that help families provide a nurturing, healthy environment are absolutely critical.

Before COVID-19 struck our country, it was already undisputed that significant racial disparities existed in health outcomes, life expectancy, educational attainment, and wealth between White and ...