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 2025
36
out of 46 counties
2,855
caregivers and children
18,717
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
Professional Development
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Connect with home visitors across South Carolina and access professional development resources through the Institute for the Advancement of Family Support Professionals. Receive updates on curated quarterly discussions, South Carolina Home Visiting Consortium news and opportunities to engage with peers across the state.
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Home Visiting Stories
Home Visitors Take Their Message to the SC State House
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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.