by Adam Shapiro | Mar 1, 2016 | News |
Research from these high-quality programs shows positive results. Home visiting offered through the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program, which operates in New Mexico and in communities across the nation, has been shown in some studies to cut child abuse in half. A...
by Adam Shapiro | Mar 1, 2016 | News |
Convinced that intervening early can improve a child’s life trajectory, the Learning Community of Douglas and Sarpy Counties is dispatching home visitors to help low-income parents interact better with their infants and toddlers. The home visitors in the pilot program...
by Adam Shapiro | Mar 1, 2016 | News |
The initiatives come on the heels of several proposals from President Obama’s 2017 budget thatcould impact rural children. The budget provides $20 million for the USDA to roll out projects that target a “two-generation” approach to child poverty by...
by Adam Shapiro | Feb 15, 2016 | News |
Easter Seals Joliet Region Jump Start Parenting Program was honored Nov. 11 at the 2015 Parents as Teachers Conference in Dallas, Texas for the Home Visiting Program designation as Losos Award Winner. Christine Sparks, program coordinator, accepted the award before...
by Adam Shapiro | Feb 15, 2016 | News |
Convinced that intervening early can improve a child’s life trajectory, the Learning Community of Douglas and Sarpy Counties is dispatching home visitors to help low-income parents interact better with their infants and toddlers. The home visitors in the pilot program...
by Adam Shapiro | Jan 28, 2016 | News |
The recommendation, expected to galvanize many more health providers to provide screening, comes in the wake of new evidence that maternal mental illness is more common than previously thought; that many cases of what has been called postpartum depression actually...
