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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. more
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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. more
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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. more
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. more
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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. more
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Watch a Home Visit
What is home visiting? This photo and audio tour provides an intimate glimpse into voluntary parent mentoring programs. more
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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. more
Media Coverage
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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. more
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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. more
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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.
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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.
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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.
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