Ensure that each child can grow up in a stable and healthy home environment. Evidence-based home visiting programs help parents and others raising children with the supports necessary to improve maternal and child health, including mental health, improve child development and school readiness, promote family economic self-sufficiency, promote positive parenting practices, reduce abuse and neglect, and address substance use disorders.
With far too few Pennsylvania families receiving these services, we are working to expand its reach, especially for those who are new to parenthood and/or have limited resources.
Home Visiting Policy Goals
- Increase the number of children and families receiving evidence-based home visiting services.
- Support the home visiting workforce and program sustainability by ensuring adequate staffing corresponds with service expansion and building a qualified and retaining a qualified and culturally informed workforce to meet families’ needs.
- Explore more opportunities for crossover and coordination as part of the broader work of services and supports for families with young children, since home visiting has an expansive reach (i.e., early intervention, maternal health, nutrition, housing, children’s physical and mental health).
Home Visiting Publications
Childhood Begins at Home Campaign
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children is a governing body member and leads the day-to-day management of Childhood Begins at Home, a statewide campaign to help policymakers and the public understand the value of and support public investments in evidence-based home visiting.
To learn more, visit: childhoodbeginsathome.org.
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