Focus Area: Early Childhood

Grant Amount: $7,500

Based in Denver, CO, serves nationwide; in Minnesota serves in 32 counties and 2 tribal nations. NFP is a national community health program that works with first-time families who face major barriers to accessing the resources and supports needed to achieve the greatest health and wellness outcomes. Its home-visiting curriculum is evidence based and is a valuable part of many states’ early childhood systems. Using specially trained nurses as home visitors, it serves first-time mothers and their children affected by social and economic inequality, beginning early in pregnancy and continuing until the child is 2.

Grant supports expanding the program in a new initiative to now enroll mothers who have had one or more births and enroll clients after their 28th week of pregnancy. This request will also continue to offer ongoing specialized nurse education, including the “Nursing Care Pathway on Cultural Consciousness” and “Facilitating Attuned Interactions.”