The 2019 Home Visiting Summit – with its theme of “Expanding the Road to Stronger Families” – highlighted over two days the importance of a cohesive early childhood system. Home visiting is a proven early-intervention strategy that pairs volunteer families with social workers, nurses and early childhood specialists, who provide services throughout a child’s first two to five years to improve health, development, and early learning. As the state’s federal grantee and lead agency for the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program since 2010, Children’s Trust funds three evidence-based home visiting models – Healthy Families America, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers – in partnership with implementing agencies in 40-plus counties.
