➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway
US: Home Visits Help Parents Overcome Tough Histories, Raise Healthy Children
Kaiser Health News – August 21, 2017
Home visiting organizations operated out of the national limelight for decades until the Affordable Care Act created a nationwide program in 2010 to support them. The federal Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting program now awards $400 million in annual grants to help new families with young children and couples who are expecting.
Information Gateway resource: Home Visiting: https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/prevention-programs/homevisit/
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/21/544214492/home-visits-help-parents-overcome-tough-histories-raise-healthy-children