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Securing support to serve greater needs.

Public funding and bipartisan support is essential to making Nurse-Family Partnership available to every eligible first-time family.

The Nurse-Family Partnership's Policy and Government Affairs team is working to obtain sustainable public funding for implementing agencies and national replication, as it raises awareness for the Nurse-Family Partnership program among members of the U.S. Congress and U.S. Executive Branch agencies. At the same time, Nurse-Family Partnership Implementing Agencies partner with the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office staff to build relationships with local, state, and federal legislators; to identify and create public funding opportunities to serve the needs of existing Nurse-Family Partnership Implementing Agencies; and to help local communities establish new Nurse-Family Partnership programs.

Home Visitation in Health Care Reform

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590), which includes $1.5 billion in mandatory funds for a new Home Visitation Grant Program. Below are relevant links to the passed legislation and accompanying materials:

• NFP NSO Comment to HRSA and ACF on Home Visitation Program legislation (March 31, 2010)
  • NFP NSO Supplemental comment (May 18, 2010)
  • NFP NSO 2nd Supplemental comment (June 16, 2010)
    • Appendix 1: Technical Assistance Capability
    • Appendix 2: Definitions
    • Appendix 3: Matrices for Evaluation
       
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - H.R. 3590 (section relative to Home Visitation Program)
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - H.R. 3590 (entire bill)
• NFP Public Policy Update (March 22, 2010)
• NFP news release: Health Care Reform Creates Strong Expansion Opportunity for Nurse-Family Partnership (March 23, 2010)

President Obama's FY2011 Budget Proposal

• NFP Federal Funding Alert (February 24, 2010)
• Office of Management & Budget Analytical Perspectives – Evidence-Based Program Evaluation (see page numbers 92-93)
• Department of Health and Human Services:
  • Administration for Children and Families
    • Child Abuse Discretionary Activities - $10 million increase from FY2010 enacted level for a new competitive grant program for States to support increased use, and high-quality implementation, of evidence-based and evidence-informed child maltreatment prevention programs and activities.
    • Child Abuse Community-Based Prevention (CBCAP)
    • Fatherhood, Marriage, and Families Innovation Fund
  • Department of Education
    • Innovation in Improvement (I-3) and related NFP Federal Funding Alert (March 25, 2010)
    • Promise Neighborhoods
  • Department of Housing & Urban Development
    • Choice Neighborhoods
• Corporation for National & Community Service
  • Social Innovation Fund
    

• U.S. House of Representatives
  • The Early Support for Families Act (H.R. 2667)
  • America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (H.R. 3200, House Healthcare Reform Package)
    • Section 1713 - Optional coverage of nurse home visitation services
    • Section 1904 - Grants to states for quality home visitation for families with young children and families expecting children
  • Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2009 (H.R. 3962, revised House Health Care Reform Legislation) 
    • Section 1713 - Optional coverage of nurse home visitation services
    • Section 1904 - Grants to States for quality home visitation for families with young children and families expecting
• U.S. Senate
  • The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act of 2009 Merged Senate Health Care Reform bill (November 18, 2009)
  • Senate Healthcare Reform Legislation: Finance Committee Report (October 21, 2009)
  • The Evidence-Based Home Visitation Act of 2009 (S. 1267)
  • S. 1267 Bill Summary
  • S. 1267 Bill FAQ 
  • Senate Finance Committee Chairman's Mark (Released September 17, 2009)

Medicaid

• Additional Information on the Nurse Home Visitation Medicaid Option (Section 1713 of the House health care reform bill)
• National NFP Medicaid Fact Sheet
• NFP State Medicaid Fact Sheets
  • Illinois Medicaid Fact Sheet
  • Louisiana Medicaid Fact Sheet
  • Michigan Medicaid Fact Sheet
  • Nevada Medicaid Fact Sheet
  • New Jersey Medicaid Fact Sheet
  • New York Medicaid Fact Sheet
  • Pennsylvania Medicaid Fact Sheet
  • Texas Medicaid Fact Sheet
  • Washington Medicaid Fact Sheet

Recent Communications and Nurse-Family Partnership Advocacy in Congress

• Congressional testimony – provided by Nurse-Family Partnership Nurse Consultant Sharon Sprinkle to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee – Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support on June 9, 2009 (supplemental testimony)
• Joint letter with Home Visiting Coalition and national organizations to President Obama (May 21, 2009)
• National Home Visiting Coalition letter to President Obama (May 15, 2009)
• Senate sign-on letter to President Obama (May 6, 2009)
• House Champions letter to House Budget Committee leadership (April 27, 2009)
• Advertisement – Full-page advertisement in Roll Call (April 21 and 23, 2009) and Congress Daily (April 29, 2009)
• Joint letter with external organizations/partners to President Obama (April 3, 2009)
• House sign-on letter to President Obama (March 31, 2009)

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