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...
by Adam Shapiro | May 26, 2015 | News |
How does someone become a good parent? What does that even mean, and how do you acquire the wisdom, patience and intuition that every child needs his or her parent to possess? These are the essential, age-old questions that every parent — especially first-time parents...
by ASTHVI Staff | Apr 20, 2015 | News |
A new federal antipoverty initiative may be showing the first signs of real progress.The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program brings professionals into the homes of low-income, high-risk families to help them raise their children in...
by Adam Shapiro | Mar 27, 2015 | News |
Montgomery County (Md.) Chief of Police Thomas Manger writes about why he thinks home visiting makes a difference in the lives of young people. “The [research] report also shows voluntary home visiting is a smart investment. An independent study in Washington...
by ASTHVI Staff | Mar 9, 2015 | News |
“When it came time to have the baby, Shirita Corley was alone. Her mother was at the casino, her sister was not answering her cellphone, her boyfriend had disappeared months earlier, and her father she had not seen in years. So she got in her green Chevy...
