Home Visiting in South Carolina (MIECHV)
Home Visiting
A service delivery strategy that works to improve the health and well-being of children and their families.
Children’s Trust administers the federal investment in home visiting for South Carolina – the Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program. We also lead work force development for the state’s home visiting professionals.
How Home Visiting Works
Professionals work one-on-one with mothers in their homes and can quickly assess what a family might need. By building healthy families, we give babies a strong start in life so they have the best chance to grow into contributing, productive members of our communities.
The home visiting specialists assist mothers and their young children with a wide range of issues – including health concerns, developmental milestones, safety environment, school preparedness and economic self-sufficiency – during home visits and pediatric visits. Home visitors generally have a background in nursing, social work or child development.
Children’s Trust helps determine which models to use and where the need is the greatest. We work hand-in hand with our partners guiding them through the technical aspects of delivering evidence-based programs, providing coaching and technical assistance.
Children’s Trust supports three evidence-based home visiting models – Healthy Families America, Nurse-Family Partnership and Parents as Teachers. Many of the program models serve at-risk, low-income mothers.
Home Visiting Meets Families Where They Are
Fiscal Year 2024
39
out of 46 counties
2,808
caregivers and children
18,780
visits
Home Visiting Helps Parents Be Their Child’s First Teachers
Voluntary program for parents of young children offering support, mentoring and coaching in the home.
- Building positive parenting skills
- Connecting families to resources and community support
- Increasing family self-sufficiency
- Identifying gaps of children in achieving developmental milestones
Our Partners Across the State
Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comprehensive Health Services, Inc.
Delivering Parents as Teachers in Beaufort, Hampton and Jasper Counties
Carolina Health Centers, Inc.
Delivering Healthy Families America, Nurse-Family Partnership and Parents as Teachers in Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick and Saluda Counties
Children’s Place, Inc.
Delivering Healthy Families America in Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Edgefield and McCormick Counties
Eau Claire Cooperative Health Centers
Delivering Parents as Teachers in Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry and Richland Counties
Family Solutions of the Lowcountry
Delivering Nurse-Family Partnership in Orangeburg County
Little River Medical Center, Inc.
Delivering Parents as Teachers in Georgetown and Horry Counties
Low Country Health Care System
Delivering Healthy Families America in Aiken, Allendale and Barnwell Counties
McLeod Health
Delivering Nurse-Family Partnership in Clarendon, Darlington, Florence, Lee, Sumter and Williamsburg Counties
Medical University of South Carolina
Delivering Healthy Families America and Nurse-Family Partnership in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester Counties
Prisma Health Children’s Hospital Outpatient Center
Delivering Parents as Teachers in Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland and Sumter Counties
Prisma Health Upstate
Delivering Nurse-Family Partnership in Greenville, Laurens, Oconee and Pickens Counties
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
Delivering Nurse-Family Partnership in Spartanburg and Union Counties
St. James Health and Wellness, Inc.
Delivering Healthy Families America in Florence, Georgetown, Horry and Williamsburg Counties
The Parenting Place
Delivering Healthy Families America in Anderson, Greenville, Oconee and Pickens Counties
York County First Steps
Delivering Nurse-Family Partnership in Chester, Lancaster and York Counties
Home Visiting Stories
More Than 250 Gather for South Carolina Home Visiting Summit
More than 250 home visitors and early childhood interventionalists from across South Carolina gathered in Columbia...
Celebrating National Home Visiting Week in South Carolina
As we join communities across the country in celebrating National Home Visiting Week, Children’s Trust is proud to...
Lt. Governor Participates in Home Visit with Lexington County Mom and Advocates for Expanding Home Visiting Programs in South Carolina
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina Pamela Evette recently participated in a home visit with a Lexington County...
South Carolina Home Visiting Consortium
Designed in coordination with the Home Visiting Consortium, this site supports home visiting professionals and the work of home visiting across the state. This site adds links to professional development opportunities, expanded information on the consortium, and data and research.