June 29, 2021 If there is a silver lining to the COVID-19...
Home Visiting Programs
Filling a Gap with LGBTQ+ Training for Parent Coaches
June 29, 2021 In discussions about parenting and...
What We Wish For in 2021
January 27, 2021 Among the thousands of...
Despite COVID-19, Home Visiting Program Celebrates Parent Graduates
Published December 17, 2020 A program that takes five...
From Pediatrician to First-Time Mom: A Welcome Baby Story
Dr. Lynne Ellison knows a thing or two...
Celebrating Home Visitors in the Era Of COVID-19 and Racial Injustice
In the context of a global pandemic and rising awareness about racial inequities, there has perhaps never been a more apt time to celebrate the work that home visitors are doing to strengthen families and provide services that help close inequalities. This was one of...
Virtual Home Visiting in Action: An Inside Look
Published June 29, 2020 Jacqueline...
Strengthening Families Through Home Visiting
For Midori, her home visitor’s advice on breastfeeding her newborn was crucial in deciding to keep nursing him. For Lidia, her stress and fears were allayed by reassurance from her home visitor that her son, born five weeks early, was developing normally. For Helen,...
Where Are They Now? Success Stories from First 5 LA’s First 20 Years
(Editor’s Note: During this 20th...
Home Visiting: Tales, Triumphs and Trailblazing
Tiffany’s first child passed away only days after being born. Not long afterward, she discovered she was pregnant. Six months later her son, Deshaun, was born premature, fighting for his life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. “He was on life support and I thought...