Issues: The Nurse Family Partnership

The Nurse-Family Partnership is a nationally recognized nurse home visiting program that improves the health, well-being and self-sufficiency of first-time parents and their children.

Nurse Family Partnership Program Request for Proposals
Under this request for proposals, MHAP is inviting the participation of community-based organizations that currently work with underserved populations who directly and indirectly have a stake in the issue of healthy mothers and improved birth outcomes.

About the Program

The program’s nurses visit moms in their homes every one to two weeks during pregnancy and throughout their child’s first two years of life, offering guidance on breast feeding, child development, parenting skills, pregnancy planning, preventive health practices and strategies to attain economic self-sufficiency, including going back to school and finding a good job. It has already improved the health of infants in more than 310 counties in 23 states across the nation.

Mississippi Health Advocacy Program (MHAP) is conducting a study to assess the potential of a Nurse-Family Partnership program in Mississippi.

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The study is funded by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan. The Foundation supports children, families and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society.

As part of the study, MHAP, the Children’s Defense Fund, Mississippi Health Policy Research Center and community partners will conduct community forums and listening sessions throughout the state to learn more about the healthcare needs of Mississippians.

Our Partners

                   
Children’s Defense Fund    

Mississippi Health Policy Research Center

Fact Sheets:

The following fact sheets provide a general overview of Nurse-Family Partnership, they are all in PDF format to download and print.