Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Developmental Services
Phone: 607-733-6533
Fax: 607-733-0939
Address: 1580 Lake St. Suite 1 Elmira, NY 14901
Nurse-Family Partnership
Giving First-Time Parents The Support They Deserve
Better Worlds Start with Great Mothers. And Great Mothers Start with Us.
Nurse-Family Partnership provides free maternal and child health services in Chemung County for first-time parents.
Nurse-Family Partnership succeeds by having specially educated nurses regularly visit first-time parents, starting early in the pregnancy and continuing until the child’s second birthday.
Do I Qualify?
Nurse-Family Partnership is a free program, but there are some requirements. To receive pregnancy help from NFP, you must:
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Be pregnant with your first child
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Live in Chemung County
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Meet income requirements
Not sure if you qualify? That's ok! Contact C.I.D.S. today by email or phone!
Email: info@cidsfamilies.com
Phone: 607-733-6533
What Can I Expect?
Moms enrolled in Nurse-Family Partnership benefit by receiving the care and support they need in order to have a healthy pregnancy. Families also develop a close relationship with the nurse who becomes a trusted resource they can rely on for advice on everything from safely caring for their child to taking steps to provide a stable, secure future for their new family.
Fathers are Encouraged to Join the Program
Nurse-Family Partnership is known as a maternal and child health program, and first-time mothers enroll in the program to receive nurse home visits. But we know how much fathers matter, too. That’s why Nurse-Family Partnership encourages expectant fathers to be involved in the nurse home visits, whenever possible.
Independent research makes the risks clear: children in father-absent homes are five times more likely to be poor, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. And when fathers are present in a healthy home environment, good things happen: researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine found that low-income or high-risk children who have fathers in their lives learn better, have higher self-esteem, and show fewer signs of depression than children without fathers.
Nurse-Family Partnership Results:
In School Readiness:
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50% reduction in language delays in children aged 21 months
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67% reduction in behavioral/intellectual problems in children at age six
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Improvements in child executive functioning in children at age four
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Improvements in language development in children at ages four and six
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Improvements in cognitive development in children at age six
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Increases in math and reading achievement test scores in grades one through three, one through six, and for 12 year-olds.
In Social & Emotional Development:
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48% reduction in State-verified reports of child abuse and neglect by age 15
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39% fewer health care encounters for injuries or ingestions in the first two years
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56% reduction in emergency room visits for accidents and poisoning by age two
In Health Outcomes:
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35% fewer cases of pregnancy-induced hypertension
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31% reduction in very closely spaced (less than six months) subsequent pregnancies
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67% reduction in 12-year-old children’s use of alcohol, cigarettes, or marijuana
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28% reduction in 12-year-olds’ mental health problems
