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Health Care Cuts From Vaccinations to Research

Automatic cuts to federal health-care programs may make it more difficult for low-income Americans to get maternal and infant care, vaccinate their children, and receive treatment for mental illness.

Home Visiting Researchers, Service Providers, Policymakers, and Advocates gather for Third National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs

Today, more than 500 home visiting researchers, service providers, policymakers, and advocates are gathered for the Third National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs in Washington, D.C.

Iowa Law Directs Home Visiting Funds to Proven Programs

Iowa has emerged as a national leader for using solid evidence and data-driven accountability systems to get the best possible outcomes from its home visiting investments.

Maryland Adopts Data-Driven Policies for Home Visiting

In April, Maryland lawmakers unanimously approved legislation that creates one of the best systems in the nation for investing home visiting dollars effectively.

Joining HANDS for a Comprehensive System of Care

The Pew Home Visiting Campaign Promising Practices Series highlights state initiatives that can serve as a model for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of state home visiting investments and expanding the availability of these critical services to more high-risk families.

Pregnancy Medical Homes Gain Momentum in North Carolina

Linking high-risk mothers with caregivers earlier in pregnancy may be a way to save both lives and money.

Rep. Jerry Madden: The Case for Home Visiting

State Representative Jerry Madden (R) describes how high-quality programs can help break the cycle of people going to prison.

Libby Doggett: The Case for Home Visiting

Pew Home Visiting Campaign Director Libby Doggett describes how high-quality programs can help prevent some of society's costliest problems.

Watch a Home Visit

What is home visiting? This photo and audio tour provides an intimate glimpse into voluntary parent mentoring programs.

Voluntary Home Visiting Gives Parents and Children a Boost, Even Before Birth

Some of our nation’s costliest social problems are rooted in early childhood. Increasingly, states are turning to proven strategies like high-quality home visitation to prevent them. Read our fact sheet to learn more.

Libby Doggett: Home Visiting Programs Get a Funding Boost

Libby Doggett discusses how federal funding for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program has impacted state initiatives.

Art Rolnick: The Case for Home Visiting

Federal Reserve economist Art Rolnick explains why high-quality programs carried out over the first three years of a child's life yield an impressive return on investment.

Federal Investment in Home Visiting

Search Pew's resources for states seeking federal funding for state home visiting programs.

Home Visiting Inventory

The following data from the 2010 Pew Center on the States home visiting survey of agency leaders provide an inventory of FY 2009-2010 state home visitation programs, models, and funding.

Home Visiting: A Closer Look

Extra support from voluntary, high-quality home visiting services can lead to improved family health and substantial savings for taxpayers.

The Case for Home Visiting

This 2010 report examined how voluntary home visiting programs match parents with trained professionals to provide information and assistance during pregnancy and throughout their child's first three years. The report found that this support not only helps families thrive, but saves states money on costly social problems.

How Tough Are Nursing Home Inspectors?

State inspections found that a third of all nursing homes have food sanitation problems, and that nursing homes in California, Nevada, Delaware, West Virginia and Hawaii scored more bad marks on state inspections than in other states in 2004. But experts say it's still hard to know whether trends seen in the federal database of state inspection reports are changes in the quality of care or differences in how states inspect.