Arkansas
Email: greenwoodtm@archildrens.org
Website: https://www.arhomevisiting.org/hv-sites/family-connects/
The Goals of Family Connects are to:
- Connect with every mother, along with the father and other family members, in their home after the birth of a newborn. The nurse home visits are designed to share in the joy of a new baby, assess unique family risks, and respond to immediate needs for support and guidance.
- Offer supportive guidance to families in several factors, responding specifically to questions about newborn care.
- Link families to community services based on their individual needs and preferences.
- Help new parents connect with their infant, providing them with the confidence and support needed to sustain infant and parent health, child development and overall family well-being.
Colorado
FC Illuminate – Boulder County
Website: https://illuminatecolorado.org/family-connects-colorado/
Email: jwoodard@illuminatecolorado.org
The Goals of Family Connects are to:
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Family Connects Colorado offers voluntary nurse home visiting for all Colorado families with newborns at no cost. It is designed to support the health and well-being of all newborns and their families by offering them one to three home visits by a highly-trained registered nurse and connections to resources for families in their communities.
Family Connects is currently available to all families who live in Boulder County and give birth or adopt at a Boulder County hospital, including immigrants and refugees.
For more information, please email familyconnects@bouldercounty.org
FC Illuminate – Denver / Jefferson County
Website: https://illuminatecolorado.org/family-connects-colorado/
Email: jwoodard@illuminatecolorado.org
Family Connects International to begin to bring home visiting to all families with newborns in Colorado, at no cost to parents! Family Connects Colorado, a new program of Illuminate Colorado, has the potential to impact every baby born in Colorado.
FC Illuminate – Eagle County
Website: https://illuminatecolorado.org/family-connects-colorado/
Email: jwoodard@illuminatecolorado.org
Parenting is a joyful time of life, but it can also be difficult. Families benefit from support, attention, and encouragement when a newborn arrives. Family Connects Colorado nurses provide in-home support, guidance, and connections to resources at no cost.
This new home visitation program will be available to families with newborns beginning October 2022, complementing existing programs and resources already available in Eagle County. A Family Connects Colorado nurse will provide one to three home visits to the family beginning about three weeks after birth, with the aim of enhancing the health and wellbeing of the mom and the newborn by answering questions, providing support and encouragement, and connecting families to helpful resources.
Connecticut
Website: https://www.ctoec.org/family-bridge/about/
Email: lauren.junge-maughan@ynhh.org
Family Bridge is a program for families with new babies in Connecticut. It offers them access to Registered Nurses (RNs) and certified Community Health Workers at home.
Want to access services from Family Bridge? Learn how to get connected.
Illinois
Website: https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/onechifam/home/family-wellness/family-connects.html
Email: jessica.wilkerson@cityofchicago.org
Family Connects Illinois (FC IL) uses an evidence-based universal approach for supporting newborns and their families, contributing to a healthy and encouraging foundation for future success in the child’s life. The first of its kind in the state of Illinois, FC IL ensures that there is an entry point for all families in a community – including those in need – to receive customized services and support from which they could benefit. This universally accessible program provides between one and three nurse home visits to every family with a newborn beginning at about three weeks of age, regardless of income or demographic risk. Using a tested screening tool, the nurse measures newborn and maternal health and assesses strengths, interests and needs to effectively link the family to community resources.
FC Illinois – Peoria County
Website: https://familyconnectsil.org/about/
Email: areinking@chail.org
Family Connects Illinois (FC IL) uses an evidence-based universal approach for supporting newborns and their families, contributing to a healthy and encouraging foundation for future success in the child’s life. The first of its kind in the state of Illinois, FC IL ensures that there is an entry point for all families in a community – including those in need – to receive customized services and support from which they could benefit. This universally accessible program provides between one and three nurse home visits to every family with a newborn beginning at about three weeks of age, regardless of income or demographic risk. Using a tested screening tool, the nurse measures newborn and maternal health and assesses strengths, interests and needs to effectively link the family to community resources.
FC Illinois – Stephenson County
Website: https://familyconnectsil.org/about/
Email: dkeim@stephensoncountyil.gov
Family Connects Illinois (FC IL) uses an evidence-based universal approach for supporting newborns and their families, contributing to a healthy and encouraging foundation for future success in the child’s life. The first of its kind in the state of Illinois, FC IL ensures that there is an entry point for all families in a community – including those in need – to receive customized services and support from which they could benefit. This universally accessible program provides between one and three nurse home visits to every family with a newborn beginning at about three weeks of age, regardless of income or demographic risk. Using a tested screening tool, the nurse measures newborn and maternal health and assesses strengths, interests and needs to effectively link the family to community resources.
Iowa
Website: https://scottcountykids.org/programs/universal-assessment-and-health-promotion-visits/
Email: CullenM@genesishealth.com
Family Connects is an innovative newborn nurse home visiting program designed to address existing limitations to targeted home visiting programs. The program is brief (1-3 nurse home visits) and is implemented universally to maximize population reach and community acceptance. Its goals, however, are consistent with existing, evidence-based nurse home visiting programs:
- to connect with the mother, in order to enhance maternal skills and self-efficacy
- to assess each family’s unique strengths and needs
- to connect the family with needed community services; such as health care, child care, financial and social support in order to promote family functioning and child well-being.
Louisiana
Website: https://nola.gov/health-department/family-connects/
Email: shelby.wynne@nola.gov
Family Connects New Orleans provides one to three in-home visits, free of charge, to parents of newborns up to 12 weeks old residing in Orleans Parish who give birth at Ochsner Baptist or Touro Hospital. You can expect a visit with a registered nurse around 3 weeks postpartum.
The Family Connects model brings together Families, Healthcare Providers, and Community Agencies to give babies their best start possible. Research has shown that when families participate in Family Connects, mothers feel less anxious, parents learn about quality child care options and babies need less emergency care at hospitals. Babies, families and the whole community benefits.
Maryland
FC Maryland – Baltimore – The Family Tree
Website: https://www.familytreemd.org/fcm/
Email: info@familytreemd.org
Every family is vulnerable when a new baby is born. That’s why we’ve launched Family Connects Maryland, a short-term home visiting service for Baltimore City moms who deliver at Sinai Hospital. The program is free and voluntary, and home visits are done by a registered nurse. Participants may receive:
- Mom & baby health checks
- Safe sleep instruction
- Managing a crying infant
- Back-to-work & financial support
- Understanding family dynamics
- Postpartum depression — and more!
FC Maryland – Frederick County
Website: https://www.frederickhealth.org/services/birth-place/nurse-visit-at-home/
Email: bblake@frederick.health.org
We offer all Frederick County families a visit at home with a well-trained nurse — at no cost — three weeks after the baby’s arrival.
Families receive wellness visits and personalized resources for the birthing parent and baby.
This is Family Connects Frederick County.
FC Maryland – Prince George’s County
Website: https://www.childresource.org/programs/home-visiting/family-connects-prince-georges/
Email: ajacobson@childresource.org
As a resident of Prince George’s County, you are entitled to an in-home nurse visit courtesy of Family Connects Prince George’s.
Family Connects supports parents like you by bringing health care providers, community resources and families together. Our mission is to connect you with resources that nurture your whole family and support your child’s health and wellbeing.
It’s about planting seeds for the future. Together, we’re growing healthy babies and making a more prosperous Prince George’s County.
Babies don’t come with an instruction manual. Family Connects Prince George’s can help!
Minnesota
FC Minnesota – Hennepin County
Website: https://www.hennepin.us/residents/health-medical/family-home-visiting
Email: Anna.Mueller@hennepin.us
Hennepin County works with health care providers and local community agencies to offer family home visiting programs for eligible residents at no cost to families.
These programs send public health nurses, and other professionals to visit families in their homes or other community places to:
- Help families adjust to a new baby
- Provide postpartum care
- Assist pregnant people and families in getting resources
- Help families bond
- Make sure babies and kids develop and grow up healthy and safe
- Prepare kids for school
Missouri
FC Missouri – Springfield-Greene County
Website: https://www.springfieldmo.gov/5944/Family-Connects
Email: radavis@springfieldmo.gov
Family Connects provides foundational support for all families with newborns in Greene County. From the comfort of your home, we provide tips to support your baby’s wellbeing and offer connections to community resources that nurture your whole family.
Our highly qualified and trained nurses perform home visits for all families with newborns in Greene County. We are here to support you by scheduling visits, conducting follow-up calls, and offering in-home guidance and education.
Nebraska
Website: https://www.lincoln.ne.gov/City/Departments/Health-Department/CHS/Family-Connects-Home-Visitation
Email: KBonesteel@lincoln.ne.gov
All families can use support after the birth of a child. Family Connects is a universal newborn home visiting program in Lincoln-Lancaster County that provides a home visit by a Registered Nurse following your hospital stay. Friendly and knowledgeable nurses are here to lend a helping hand, to listen and answer questions and provide support and resources for families to get their children off to a healthy start.
New Jersey
FC New Jersey – Cumberland County
Website: https://www.familyconnectsnj.org/
Email: FamilyConnectsNJ@snjpc.org
All New Jersey families who have welcomed a newborn into their lives, whether through birth, adoption, or as a resource parent or kinship caregiver, can receive the support they may need as they navigate the challenges, joys, and adjustments of parenthood. Whether this is your first child, or one of many, every parent can use a little extra support – and Family Connects NJ is ready and willing to serve you.
Family Connects NJ is being phased in statewide and may not be available in every county yet. Check here to see if the program is available in your county!
Website: https://www.familyconnectsnj.org/
Email: FamilyConnectsNJ@snjpc.org
All New Jersey families who have welcomed a newborn into their lives, whether through birth, adoption, or as a resource parent or kinship caregiver, can receive the support they may need as they navigate the challenges, joys, and adjustments of parenthood. Whether this is your first child, or one of many, every parent can use a little extra support – and Family Connects NJ is ready and willing to serve you.
FC New Jersey – Gloucester County
Website: https://www.familyconnectsnj.org/
Email: FamilyConnectsNJ@snjpc.org
All New Jersey families who have welcomed a newborn into their lives, whether through birth, adoption, or as a resource parent or kinship caregiver, can receive the support they may need as they navigate the challenges, joys, and adjustments of parenthood. Whether this is your first child, or one of many, every parent can use a little extra support – and Family Connects NJ is ready and willing to serve you.
FC New Jersey – Mercer County
Website: https://trentonhealthteam.org/projects/family-connects/
Email: ckirk@trentonhealthteam.org
All New Jersey families who have welcomed a newborn into their lives, whether through birth, adoption, or as a resource parent or kinship caregiver, can receive the support they may need as they navigate the challenges, joys, and adjustments of parenthood. Whether this is your first child, or one of many, every parent can use a little extra support – and Family Connects NJ is ready and willing to serve you.
FC New Jersey – Middlesex County
Website: https://www.familyconnectsnj.org/
Email: FamilyConnectsNJ@snjpc.org
All New Jersey families who have welcomed a newborn into their lives, whether through birth, adoption, or as a resource parent or kinship caregiver, can receive the support they may need as they navigate the challenges, joys, and adjustments of parenthood. Whether this is your first child, or one of many, every parent can use a little extra support – and Family Connects NJ is ready and willing to serve you.
New Mexico
Website: https://www.nmhealth.org/about/phd/fhb/fcnm/
Email: dominic.rodriguez@doh.nm.gov
Family Connects New Mexico is a no-cost service* that offers nurse home visits and support for you and your baby during the first 12 weeks of life. providing education, connections to community resources and/or contacting your medical provider to best support the needs of you and your baby.
*Initially available to patients who receive prenatal care at the Eubank Women’s Health Clinic, are residents of Bernalillo County and deliver at UNM Hospital.
North Carolina
FC North Carolina – Durham County
Website: https://www.ccfhnc.org/programs/family-connects-durham/
Email: tomeika.watson@duke.edu
Family Connects Durham (formerly Durham Connects) is a community-wide nurse home visiting program for all parents of newborns, regardless of income or socioeconomic status. Our mission is to increase child well-being by bridging the gap between parent needs and community resources. Registered nurses support all families in Durham County, North Carolina by providing no-cost postpartum home visits.
FC North Carolina – Guilford County
Website: https://www.guilfordcountync.gov/our-county/human-services/health-department/home-visiting-services
Email: ncox@guilfordcountync.gov
Family Connects Guilford is an evidence-based Nurse Home Visiting program that helps parents better understand how to care for their baby, increase their confidence, provide breastfeeding support, reduce emergency room visits, and reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect. During a home visit, a Family Connects nurse will address a family’s questions and concerns, offer emotional support, check vital signs/assess the overall health of baby and birthing person, provide education, identify back-to-work and home support and make referrals as needed. If you are a Guilford County resident that has recently given birth and you have not received a call from a nurse, please reach out to us at (336) 641-3085.
FC North Carolina – Southeastern Region (Cumberland, Hoke, and Robeson Counties)
Website: https://ccpfc.org/families/family-connects/
Email: smoyer@ccpfc.org
We know the first few months with a baby can be an overwhelming time for the entire household. That’s why we offer a 12-week program that provides support for your newborn and your entire family.
Family Connects North Carolina; Southeastern Region is a community-wide in-home nurse visiting program available to families with newborns in Cumberland, Hoke, or Robeson Counties.
Eligible families who sign up will receive up to 12 weeks of support, including an in-home or virtual* visit by a specially trained registered nurse from our nurse partners at Carolina Collaborative Community Care (4C). The nurse visit happens around 3 weeks after birth. After the nurse visits, you will receive post-visit follow-up and support until your baby is 12 weeks old.
Oklahoma
Website: https://www.parentchildcenter.org/tulsa-family-connects/
Email: jweber@parentchildcenter.org
The Parent Child Center of Tulsa’s vision is that all parents have the knowledge and skills to protect, nurture and provide for their own child. We know that the birth of a child is a significant event in every family. We recognize that every family has different needs surrounding a new birth. We provide a PATHWAY OF HOPE for the future for each family we serve.
Oregon
FC Oregon – Benton/Lincoln/Linn Counties
Website: www.familyconnectsoregon.org
Email: oregon.uohv@odhsoha.orgeon.gov
Family Connects Oregon (FCO) is a free, nurse home visiting program for all families with newborns.
The Family Connects Oregon program supports parents by linking nurses, community resources, and families. Our mission is to connect you with resources that nurture your whole family and support your child, planting seeds for the future.
Babies don’t come with an instruction manual, and Family Connects Oregon can fill in the gaps.
The first few days and weeks home with a new baby can be a challenging time for all families, and research indicates that more than 90 percent of families can use some additional support. Family Connects Oregon nurses are trained to answer your questions and connect you with the support you need.
Website: www.familyconnectsoregon.org
Email: oregon.uohv@odhsoha.oregon.gov
Family Connects Central Oregon provides Public Health Nurse home visits to families in Central Oregon who are welcoming a new baby. A visit is scheduled between birth and your first doctor’s visit and assesses mom and baby health, answers questions you may have and provides connection to resources.
Visits are provided at no cost to families and are a continuation of your medical care.
Website: www.familyconnectsoregon.org
Email: oregon.uohv@odhsoha.oregon.gov
Family Connects Oregon is a free evidence-based, nurse home visiting program for all families with newborns.
The Family Connects Oregon program supports parents by linking nurses, community resources, and families. Our mission is to connect you with resources that nurture your whole family and support your child. It’s about planting seeds for the future. Together, we’re growing healthy babies!
Website: www.familyconnectsoregon.org
Email: oregon.uohv@odhsoha.oregon.gov
We are here to help because babies don’t come with instruction manuals!Most parents have questions or needs after bringing their baby home and that is expected. Our registered nurses are here for you. The visit includes a health check for mom and baby; tips and answers to your questions; and assistance with connecting you and your family to the things you need.If you choose to schedule a Family Connects visit, a registered nurse visits* around 3 weeks after baby is born to check on mom, baby, and the whole family.
FC Oregon – Marion/Polk Counties
Website: www.familyconnectsoregon.org
Email: oregon.uohv@odhsoha.oregon.gov
The Family Connects Marion County program is winding down services as of July 2024
Family Connects Polk County will be relaunching in October 2024! Additional details coming soon.
Website: www.familyconnectsoregon.org
Email: oregon.uohv@odhsoha.oregon.gov
We are here to help because babies don’t come with instruction manuals!
Most parents have questions or needs after bringing their baby home and that is expected. Our registered nurses are here for you. The visit includes a health check for mom and baby; tips and answers to your questions; and assistance with connecting you and your family to the things you need.
If you choose to schedule a Family Connects visit, a registered nurse visits* around 3 weeks after baby is born to check on mom, baby, and the whole family.
Pennsylvania
FC Pennsylvania – Philadelphia
Website: Coming Soon!
Email: ebony.durant@phila.gov
South Carolina
FC South Carolina – Spartanburg
Website: https://www.spartanburgregional.com/services/maternity/family-connects
Email: hgarcia@srhs.com
Spartanburg Medical Center is a Family Connects International Certified Community Partner. The benefits of this certification include additional layers of support for all newborns’ primary caregivers who reside in the city of Spartanburg. This includes foster and adoptive parents.
Family Connects links parents to the individual community resources they need regardless of income.
This includes foster and adoptive parents. Shortly after the baby’s birth, a registered nurse will visit the home of the newborn, provide health checks for both the infant and the birth mother, assess needs and offer supportive guidance on a wide variety of child and infant health-related topics. The nurse documents the visit — including the physical assessments and community referrals — and relays the appropriate information to the family’s healthcare providers.
FC South Carolina – Greenville
Website: https://familyconnectsgreenville.com/
Email: yatesje@dhec.sc.gov
Family Connects Greenville is a partnership between SC DHEC and Greenville First Steps. The program supports parents by linking DHEC nurses, community resources, and families. Our goal is to connect new parents with resources that support newborns and their families.
Texas
FC Texas – Austin/Travis County
Website: https://familyconnectsatx.org/
Email: family.connects@austintexas.gov
Research shows that 95 percent of all families have needs after the birth of a child. These needs are unique to each family. Family Connects Austin/Travis County bridges the gap between parents and community resources and has been shown to improve family well-being, including reducing emergency medical care for infants and improving parent behavior and child care selection.
The program provides between one and three nurse home visits to every family with a newborn beginning at about three weeks of age, regardless of income. Using a tested screening tool, the nurse measures newborn and maternal health and assesses strengths and needs to link the family to community resources.
Website: https://www.bastropcares.org/family-connects/
Phone: (512) 308-3913
The Early Childhood Coalition works to ensure all young children are safe, healthy, and ready for school. We are a group of providers, policymakers, government leaders, experts, parents, and philanthropists supported by Bastrop County Cares, which provides backbone support. Our common vision is that ALL families in Bastrop County are connected to their community and provide a safe, healthy, and school–ready environment for their children. One of the ways the Early Childhood Coalition works to achieve that goal is through a partnership with the Lone Star Circle of Care Family Connects program, funded by The Texas Department of Family & Protective Services and Lone Star Circle of Care.
The first few weeks after a baby is born can be overwhelming and exhausting for parents, whether the child is their first or they have had more than one child. Lone Star Circle of Care’s (LSCC) Family Connects program supports Bastrop County newborns and their families by creating connections between the family, a specially trained nurse, and community resources. This connection takes place during either in-home visits or telehealth calls. Using an evidence-based approach, the Family Connects program is committed to strengthening the continuum of care and improving health outcomes for mothers and their babies.
Website: Coming Soon!
Email: nbridges@ccaosa.org
Website: https://www.vcphd.org/page/health.home.visiting.family.connects
Email: childstudyclinic@gmail.com
Family Connects Victoria County is an evidence-based nurse home visiting program for families with newborns 3 to 12 weeks old.
Having a new baby affects families in many ways and babies don’t come with an instruction manual. Texas Family Connects nurses are trained to answer your questions and connect you with the support you need. All families have the opportunity to have a registered nurse provide a home visit within the first three weeks. Research shows that when families use Family Connects mothers feel less anxious, they learn about quality child care options, and their babies need less emergency care at hospitals. That is good for babies, families, and the whole community.