by Adam Shapiro | Jun 20, 2016 | News |
About 85 percent of the brain is developed by age 3. And while many children are fortunate enough to be born into loving, financially secure households, about 72 percent of Luzerne County children are born into economically at-risk households, and a significant number...
by Adam Shapiro | Jun 20, 2016 | News |
Pay for Success (PFS) provides an alternative way to fund prevention programs like quality evidence-based home visiting. PFS offers the public sector a new way to pursue proven programs and bring them to scale through an innovative private/public financing structure....
by Adam Shapiro | Jun 1, 2016 | News |
Healthy Start is especially designed for new mothers who had little or no prenatal care and for recently discharged infants born at low birth weight. Its home visiting program builds on public health, nutrition and social services offered to women within Pittsburgh...
by Adam Shapiro | May 16, 2016 | News |
Sally learned about the Pine River-Backus Family Center’s home visiting program. With our guidance, Sally learned how to set up a safe home, how to care for her baby and map her future. With caring encouragement and support, Sally could view her pregnancy as a...
by Adam Shapiro | May 16, 2016 | News |
A new program in Highlands County aims for healthy outcomes for young first-time moms and their babies by partnering them with specially trained nurses. The Nurse-Family Partnership program,which is starting to register expectant moms this week, is the latest...
