Home Visiting

Responsible parenting is not just good for children, it’s good for society. The Pew Home Visiting Campaign promotes smart state investments in quality, home-based programs for new and expectant families.

The Pew Home Visiting Campaign is requesting research proposals. Learn more.

How Home Visiting Works
Home visiting programs pair new and expectant families with trained professionals to provide parenting information, resources and support during pregnancy and throughout their child’s first three years.

These voluntary programs are proven to strengthen parent-child relationships, increase early language and literacy skills and reduce child abuse and neglect –positive outcomes that can help ease the strain on state budgets.
 
That said, not all home visiting efforts are created equal: research shows that poorly designed and inconsistently implemented programs will not offer the same return on a state’s investment, nor result in positive outcomes for families;  only high-quality, evidence-based home visiting programs offer significant cost-savings in the future and improve the quality of life for our citizens.
 
What We Do
Pew is gearing up to launch public education and advocacy campaigns in four-to-six states where key leaders are determined to increase access to quality home visiting programs.

While our emphasis will be primarily at the state level, we will also look for ways to increase federal support for state efforts.

Additionally, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has awarded us a generous grant for a rigorous research agenda, including a 50-state report of home visiting policies, programs and funding, which we will use as a baseline to mark states’ progress and provide policy makers with an in-depth, data-driven look into the urgent need expand access to -quality, home visiting programs to low-income families.

Talk to a Home Visiting State Policy Expert
To learn more about the Pew Home Visiting Campaign and research portfolio, contact us at 202.552.2230.

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