by Adam Shapiro | Jan 2, 2016 | News |
Home visiting programs have traditionally targeted pregnant women and mothers of young children as primary clients. Fathers play an important role in their children’s lives, and some home visiting programs have begun implementing strategies to engage fathers. A new...
by Adam Shapiro | Jan 2, 2016 | News |
One Hope United recently received a $45,000 grant through the McCormick Foundation Fund to support its Wings/Healthy Families Illinois Home Visiting program. The two-year grant will help the program continue to strengthen families headed by teenage parents and to help...
by Adam Shapiro | Dec 17, 2015 | News |
In 2012, the Abell Foundation awarded a grant of $164,248 to the Baltimore City Health Department to provide home-visiting services to children with severe asthma. The visits were cost effective, saving money by reducing trips to hospital emergency rooms. More...
by Adam Shapiro | Dec 15, 2015 | News |
According to the Alameda County Public Health Department, over 500 Native American babies are born in our county each year. With our colleagues at the Strong Families Tribal Home Visiting Project, we have worked with more than 50 of these children in the past two...
by Adam Shapiro | Jul 26, 2015 | News |
At the heart of Help Me Grow are home visits, which experts say raise awareness and introduce support networks to parents who feel socially isolated and overburdened, often by poverty. Such visits also are common in higher-income households if a child there needs...
