Nurse-Family Partnership - SC First Steps

Nurse-Family Partnership

Home visitation for first time mothers, from pregnancy until the child turns two.

Evidence Based

Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) helps transform the lives of first-time mothers and their babies. Registered nurses make regular home visits and provide moms with the care and support they need to have a healthy pregnancy, provide responsible and competent care for their children, and become more economically self-sufficient.

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Who it Serves

NFP empowers first-time moms to transform their lives and create better futures for themselves and their babies.

Prenatal

Pregnant moms and expectant families

Ages 0-3

Families with babies and toddlers

How It Works

Pregnant women are enrolled through the end of the second trimester and receive 64 home visits over a 2.5-year period, until the child's second birthday.

Home Visiting

In-home coaching with trained parent educators

2 Generation Approach

Education and support for the whole family

Target Outcomes

NFP is designed to improve prenatal health and child functioning, improve family functioning and economic self-sufficiency, and prevent child maltreatment in the first two years of life.

Community Impact 2022

517

children served

768

families served

7

counties served

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Reach Out and Read

Books and information on reading books to children provided during well-child visits