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Texas Strengthens Home Visiting Investments

The Home Visiting Expansion and Accountability Act ensures the state’s investments in home visiting are going to programs with a proven record of effectiveness.

Washington Post: In-Home Attention May Be Jump-Start Some Babies Need

President Obama’s plan for universal preschool calls for a major investment in home visiting programs

New Opportunities to Expand Home Visiting

More than a decade of bipartisan work in states has led to improved access to learning and health opportunities for children like evidence-based home visiting and high-quality pre-k.

Kentucky Enacts Outcomes-Driven Home Visiting Policy

On April 4, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear signed into law a measure that sets up one of the strongest home visiting systems in the country by building on the strength of Kentucky’s flagship home visiting program for new and expectant parents, the Health Access Nurturing Development Services (HANDS) Program.

Arkansas Passes Legislation to Strengthen Home Visiting

On March 28, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe signed into law a measure that sets up one of the strongest home visiting systems in the country by ensuring investments are directed to programs that are proven to achieve successful results for children and families.

Video Highlights from 2013 Home Visiting Summit

On Feb. 13–14, 2013, The Pew Charitable Trusts co-hosted the Third National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs with Every Child Succeeds and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. On this page, videos from five of the presenters show highlights of their remarks.

The White House Seeks to Expand Home Visiting Programs: Pew

The Obama administration has announced that it will seek a substantial new investment to expand voluntary evidence-based home visiting programs. Pew’s Libby Doggett, an expert on home visiting, highlights the importance of the decision. Voluntary home visiting matches parents with trained professionals to provide information and support during pregnancy and throughout their child’s first three years.

White House Pushes to Expand Home Visiting

President Obama today released details of the early childhood agenda outlined in his State of the Union Address.

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.

Education Week: Study Says Early Home Visits Show School Benefits

Children whose families took part in a home-visiting program in their earliest years showed some positive benefits once they enrolled in school, compared with their peers who did not receive home visits, according to a recently-released study from Healthy Families New York, a home visitation program that enrolls about 5,600 families each year.

Home Visiting Webinars

The Home Visiting Campaign regularly holds webinars of interest to state agency staff and home visiting program administrators.

Solving Social Ills Through Early Childhood Home Visiting

The Pew Home Visiting Campaign presents 11 studies highlighting gains in education, health and future livelihoods at less cost to taxpayers through home visiting.

Zero to Three: New Research Strengthens Home Visiting Field

Voluntary home visiting matches parents with trained professionals to provide information and support during pregnancy and throughout a child's first few years.

Chamber Executive: Where Workforce Development Begins

Science tells us that our experiences as infants and toddlers greatly affect the quality of the structures in the brain. Up through age three, our minds grow more rapidly than at any other time, developing 700 new learning pathways each second.

Home Visits Help New Families; Support School Readiness

Education Week: Kindergartners across the country are kicking off their official schooling careers over the next several weeks (some are already underway), but up to 45 percent of them won't be "ready to learn," under a definition that includes certain cognitive skills, but also physical and mental health, emotional well-being, and the ability to relate to others.

Back to School

Millions of children entering school aren’t ready to learn. But a good home visiting program makes a difference, increasing graduation rates by as much as 56 percent.

Michigan Creates Data-Driven Standards for Home Visiting

On August 1, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed into law a measure that ensures that the state’s investment in home visiting goes to proven, effective programs. The act, which was approved unanimously in the senate and by a bipartisan majority

Medicaid Financing of Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs

Various funding streams—federal, state, local, and private—support home visiting programs. Recently, in light of Medicaid's ability to reach so many low-income and at-risk families, interest has been growing in its potential to finance home visiting services for eligible mothers and children.

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.

Child Abuse Prevention Month

39% of child abuse cases happen in the first four years of life. A good home visiting program can cut this number in half.

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.

Editorial: Home Visitation Effort Can Help Prevent Child Abuse

How do people let this happen? That is the question we so often have when we read about child abuse and neglect cases. Whether it is a sensational national story such as the Penn State scandal or a local story about children found in horrible or dangerous conditions, we wonder why someone did not step in to prevent these crimes and situations.

Home Visits Help Families, Save Money

If a social program with a strong research base helps at-risk parents and children -- and saves taxpayers money -- how can we make it as efficient and effective as possible? That's a question the South Carolina legislature will be addressing this year.

Home Visits: A Powerful Weapon Against Child Abuse

Every new mother has so many questions: Is my baby growing well? Is she reaching her developmental milestones? Why does she cry so much and what can I do about it? To get answers, moms can turn to one other for advice or save up their questions for the next pediatrician visit, which could be months away.

Letter to the Editor: Money Spent on Early Childhood Education Would be Wise Investment

Last November, nearly 400 business leaders came together in Florence to learn about the latest research regarding early childhood development. Those who attended the Pee Dee Regional Business Leaders’ Summit on Early Childhood heard compelling information about the value of investing in the earliest part of a child’s life — and now I and other state legislators have an opportunity to take action to help South Carolina’s children.

A Program Worthy of Our Investment

With Iowa still feeling the negative impact of the Great Recession, many of the state’s policy makers and business leaders rank increasing Iowa’s competitive business climate as a top priority. We know if we bolster our commitment to education, reinforce our long-term workforce development, and control our tax burden by using scarce resources wisely, Iowa will be well positioned to compete in the global marketplace.

Libby Doggett: Home Visiting Summit

Pew Home Visiting Campaign Director Libby Doggett discusses the goals of the 2012 home visiting conference and how it will help accelerate advancements in the field.

Home-Visiting Legislation Can Mean Better Outcomes for Families

When I talk with families from Spartanburg about the challenging issues facing South Carolina, they tell me they want their hard-earned tax dollars to be spent wisely—on programs and services that actually deliver results.

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.

Briefing Recognizes Importance of Home Visiting Programs

A congressional briefing held November 16, 2011, recognized the importance of investing in evidence-based home visitation programs.

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.

Pew: Competitive Grant Awards Show States’ Commitment

Libby Doggett, director of the Pew Home Visiting Campaign, an initiative of the Pew Center on the States, released a statement in response to the first round of competitive grants awarded in the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.

The Business Case for Home Visiting

This October 2011 issue brief found that home visiting programs help build the foundation for the healthy and productive workforce that businesses need. Decades of research have proven the potential of properly designed and implemented home visiting programs to transform the lives of at-risk expectant and new parents and their babies and to generate significant returns on taxpayer investments.

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.

Pew: States Should Invest in Research-Backed Home Visiting Programs to Capitalize on New Federal Funds

States making investments in voluntary home visiting programs too rarely use evidence of effectiveness to inform their policy decisions, according to a new report by the Pew Center on the States’ Home Visiting Campaign.

Pew Commends Michigan for Bolstering Investment in Home Visiting

Michigan took steps recently to strengthen its $21 million investment in home visiting as Gov. Rick Snyder (R) signed HB 4526 into law, demonstrating policymakers’ commitment to supporting programs that are proven to work.

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.

Healthy Dose of Education at Home

According to the Pew Center on the States, which recently estimated there are nearly 120 home-visitation programs across the nation, "Quality home-visiting programs lay the foundation for children's development and tax payers reap the benefit when many of our nation's costliest social problems—school failure, child abuse and the use of welfare—are prevented."

Pew: Cuts to Nurse-Family Partnership Now Would Cost More Later

Libby Doggett, director of the Pew Home Visiting Campaign, an initiative of the Pew Center on the States, released the following statement in response to Louisiana’s proposed cuts to the state’s home visiting program.

Federal Investment in Home Visiting

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

Pew: Federal Requirements for Home Visiting Funds Give States Right Incentives

Libby Doggett, deputy director at the Pew Center on the States, issued the following statement today on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ release of criteria for the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program:

“These guidelines send exactly the right message: State and federal lawmakers should invest in proven programs that earn a strong return on taxpayer dollars and boost long-term fiscal health."

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.

First National Summit Held on Quality in Home Visiting Programs

Industry leaders, policy makers and top researchers will gather in Washington February 16 and 17, for The National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs, the first conference of its kind devoted exclusively to home visiting programs serving at-risk mothers and their children.

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.

States and the New Federal Home Visiting Initiative

In 2010, the Pew Center on the States surveyed state agency leaders in an effort to inventory state home visiting programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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.

Pew Launches Home Visiting Policy Campaigns in LA, NC, OH and WA

The Pew Center on the States and its partners announced today a targeted $5.6 million campaign to promote smart state investments in evidence-based, voluntary home visiting programs for new and expectant families.

Congress Invests in Evidence-Based Home Visiting Programs

John Schlitt, director of the Pew Home Visiting Campaign, issued the following statement today, commenting on maternal and infant home visiting provisions included in health care reform legislation.