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NFP Incentive Fund Awards Will Help Local Communities Serve More Vulnerable Families

DENVER, CO (February 21, 2019) — The Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office announced that it has awarded over $13.5 million to expand its reach to serve more vulnerable families and impact local communities across the country. This initiative is part of Nurse-Family Partnership’s strategic plan to double the number of families served by 2023. These Incentive Fund Awards will add over 80 new Nurse-Family Partnership ® nurses to serve more than 1,800 moms.

The Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office presented these Incentive Fund Awards to local network partners that have been successfully changing outcomes for moms and babies in poverty.  These awards will also support the launch of three new local Nurse-Family Partnership programs.

“Nurse-Family Partnership is excited to launch this new initiative to reach more families in need,” said Frank Daidone, president and CEO of Nurse-Family Partnership. “We congratulate our local network partners that have been successful in growing their nursing teams to reach more families and boost our collective impact.”

Incentive funding was made possible through generous philanthropic support and provides funding to local network partners to expand local Nurse-Family Partnership programs over three years. Incentive funding from the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office has leveraged more than $23 million from other local public and private funders.

The NFP National Service Office awarded incentive funding to 20 local network partners to expand the following NFP programs headquartered in these communities:

  • Casa de los Niños, Tucson, AZ
  • Riverside County, Riverside, CA
  • Broward Regional Health Planning Council, Inc., Hollywood, FL
  • Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions, Inc., Tallahassee, FL
    • Health Choice Network of Florida, Inc., Miami, FL
    • Healthy Start Coalition of Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL
    • Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition, Inc., Jacksonville, FL
  • Panhandle Health District, Hayden, ID
  • Southern Nevada Health District, Las Vegas, NV
  • Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
  • The Center for Family Safety and Healing at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
  • Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association, Dayton, OH
  • The MetroHealth System, Cleveland, OH
  • Central Susquehanna Community Foundation, Berwick, PA
    • Geisinger Clinic, Bloomsburg, PA
  • McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence, SC
  • York County First Steps, Rock Hill, SC
  • South Dakota Department of Health, Aberdeen, SD
  • Any Baby Can of Austin, Inc., Austin, TX
  • ChildStrive, Snohomish, WA
  • Thurston County Public Health & Social Services, Olympia, WA
  • Virginia Mason Memorial, Yakima, WA

In addition, incentive funding provided three new local network partners with support to launch new Nurse-Family Partnership programs headquartered in these communities:

  • Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions, Inc., Tallahassee, FL
    • Healthy Start Coalition of St. Lucie County, Fort Pierce, FL
  • Mahoning County Educational Service Center, Canfield, OH
  • Catholic Health System, Buffalo, NY

Over 40 years of research show that Nurse-Family Partnership is successful in improving maternal health and birth outcomes, preventing child abuse, reducing childhood injuries, increasing children’s school readiness and reducing juvenile crime.

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Nurse-Family Partnership ® changes the future for the most vulnerable babies born into poverty by giving a first-time mom trusted support from her own personal nurse throughout the first 1,000 days, from pregnancy until her child’s second birthday. Nurse-Family Partnership is backed by over 40 years of scientifically-proven outcomes for both mom and baby, and currently serves over 34,000 moms in 41 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and six Tribal communities. Nurse-Family Partnership is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Follow NFP on Twitter @NFP_nursefamily, Facebook at facebook.com/nursefamilypartnership and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nursefamilypartnership/.