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Nurse-Family Partnership

Giving First-Time Parents The Support They Deserve

Better Worlds Start with Great Mothers. And Great Mothers Start with Us.

Better Worlds Start with Great Mothers. And Great Mothers Start with Us.

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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: 
  • Be pregnant with your first child
  • Live in Chemung County 
  • 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.

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What Can I Expect?

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:

  • 50% reduction in language delays in children aged 21 months

  • 67% reduction in behavioral/intellectual problems in children at age six

  • Improvements in child executive functioning in children at age four

  • Improvements in language development in children at ages four and six

  • Improvements in cognitive development in children at age six

  • 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:

  • 48% reduction in State-verified reports of child abuse and neglect by age 15

  • 39% fewer health care encounters for injuries or ingestions in the first two years

  • 56% reduction in emergency room visits for accidents and poisoning by age two

In Health Outcomes:

  • 35% fewer cases of pregnancy-induced hypertension

  • 31% reduction in very closely spaced (less than six months) subsequent pregnancies

  • 67% reduction in 12-year-old children’s use of alcohol, cigarettes, or marijuana

  • 28% reduction in 12-year-olds’ mental health problems

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