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Home Visitation Programs
Home visitation programs offer a variety of family-focused services to pregnant mothers and families with new babies and young children. They address issues such as maternal and child health, positive parenting practices, safe home environments, and access to services. Use the following resources to learn more about selected home visitation programs and evaluation efforts:
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Supporting Evidence-Based Home Visitation Programs to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect
Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Presents descriptions of 17 grantees selected to implement a tested home visitation program model. Includes a project description and map of grantees.
Home Visit Forum
Harvard Family Research Project
Seeks to increase delivery efficiency, develop practice benchmarks to improve quality, and create a better understanding of the role home visitation plays in State and national systems to help young children and their families. Project is led by a consortium of administrators, practitioners, and researchers from six home visitation programs.
Programs That Work: Home Visiting
Promising Practices Network
Links to proven and promising home visitation programs, including a program overview, implementation, evaluation, and funding information, sample sites, contact information, resources, and more.
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Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)
Describes a 2-year home-based educational enrichment program that builds on the natural bond between a parent and child. The home visitation model helps parents with limited formal education prepare their preschool-aged children for successful, early school experiences and strengthens the bond among schools, families, and communities.
The Nurturing Parenting Programs
Presents a family-based program that involves both parents and children in activities, focusing on building a positive regard for self and others. Several programs focus on specific age groups and racial populations.
The Parent-Child Home Program
Details a 2-year home-based program for parents and their 2- and 3-year-old children who are challenged by obstacles to educational success, including poverty, low levels of education, and language difficulties. Offers research and publications, a newsletter, information on how to start a site, and other ways to get involved.
Parents as Teachers
Provides information, support, and encouragement to help parents enhance the healthy development of their children during the crucial early years of life. Includes Born to Learn, a research-based curriculum for home visiting that promotes optimal child development and positive parent-child relationships.
Project 12-Ways
Uses an ecobehavioral model to teach parents skills and knowledge about basic parenting, child development, and safety, while providing support to address some underlying problems affecting families. The guiding philosophy of Project 12-Ways is that family problems can be eased by eliminating stress-producing factors such as unemployment and by teaching parents effective childrearing skills.
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