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Milwaukee Nurse-Family Partnership is an evidence-based, nurse home visiting program that improves the health, well-being and self-sufficiency of low-income, first-time parents and their children. Milwaukee Nurse-Family Partnership Nurse Home Visitors work with their clients to achieve three important goals:
Based on studies conducted by affiliates of the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office the following have been identified as positive outcomes of the interventions of this program:
Improved prenatal health
Fewer childhood injuries
Fewer subsequent pregnancies
Increased intervals between births
Increased maternal employment
Improved school readiness
48% reduction in child abuse and neglect
59% reduction in arrests
90% reduction in adjudications as PINS (person in need of supervision) for incorrigible behavior
The Nurse Home Visitor will work with the pregnant woman to:
Milwaukee Nurse-Family Partnership is FREE to all eligible women!
Any woman who:
The Milwaukee Nurse-Family Partnership Program is a voluntary program through which nurses do home visits starting as early as possible during pregnancy and continuing through the child's second birthday.
Mary Jo Gerlach, Nurse Supervisor Milwaukee Health Department Nurse-Family Partnership Program 1639 South 23rd Street Milwaukee, WI 53204 (414) 286-8104 mgerla@milwaukee.gov
More information: www.nursefamilypartnership.org