Broward Regional Health Planning Council, Inc. has recently been awarded funding to implement the Nurse-Family Partnership model in Broward County through partnership with Broward Health and Holy Cross Health and collaboration with Healthy Start Coalition.
Funding is through the federal Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program. The grant is renewable annually for approximately $190,7000/ per year that provides exciting opportunities for the communities of Broward County and expands the available services for pregnant women and infants.
NFP is an evidence-based community health program. Developed over 35 years ago and rigorously studied since its inception, NFP has a high degree of evidence that it works across a variety of health, social, and economic outcomes.
The NFP Program focuses on low-income moms. BRHPC is involved in a pilot program which will include moms who have had previous pregnancies as well as enrolling clients up to 32 weeks. Each mother is partnered with a registered nurse during the pregnancy. The mother then receives ongoing visits that continue through her child’s 2nd birthday. The nurse is trained in the exacting standards of NFP to ensure they focus on 3 goals:
- Improve pregnancy outcomes.
- Improve the child’s health and development.
- Improve families’ economic self-sufficiency.
Eligibility criteria:
- No previous live births
- Low income
- Less than 28 weeks
- Reside in a target zip code: 33064, 33069, 33060, 33319, 33313, 33311, 33024, 33025, 33023.
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For additional information about Nurse Family Partnership. Please visit our national website at www.nursefamilypartnership.org
