Funding for the program is set to expire at the end of September unless Congress acts to reauthorize it. With the deadline looming, advocates and providers are urging federal lawmakers to reauthorize it for five more years at double the current funding level. Two bills are pending in the House.

“Expiration is just not an option,” says Diedra Henry-Spires, chief executive officer of the nonprofit advocacy organization Dalton Daley Group and one of the leaders of the nationwide Home Visiting Coalition. “Too many families are relying on these services across the country.”

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/21/544214492/home-visits-help-parents-overcome-tough-histories-raise-healthy-children