NJ has three core home visiting models – Healthy Families, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. These three models are available to families in all 21 counties. We also fund the Home Instruction to Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program in Bergen County.
To access Home Visiting services in your county call the following links will help you to learn more about available services:
Program Services
During pregnancy and at birth, home visitors encourage positive behaviors and healthy nutrition to prevent poor pregnancy outcomes (e.g. preterm births, low birth weight).
They also have a unique opportunity to identify and address health or social concerns earlier to help promote a strong foundation for child resilience and health. Important outcomes for HV programs include parent-child attachment, child health (physical, social-emotional and cognitive), and infant/ child safety, security and well-being.
Services Focus On:
- Parent education on healthy child development
- Parent-Child activities
- Ongoing child developmental screening and monitoring
- Parent education health and nutrition
- Promotion of the protective factors
- Family goal planning
- Support for self-sufficiency
- Linkages to social and family support services (for example, perinatal depression, substance abuse, domestic violence services, housing support, etc.)