Texas Nurse Family Partnership
Program Description
Texas Nurse Family Partnership is a free, voluntary program through which nurses partner with first-time mothers to improve prenatal care and provide one-on-one child development education and counseling.
Service Focus
First-time, low-income mothers and their families from their 28th week of pregnancy through their child's second birthday.
Map of Providers and Communities
* Denotes primary counties where services are focused. Secondary counties can receive supports through the primary counties.
Measures of Success
- Children remain safe during services and within one to three years after services.
- Increase in parent and child interaction, ability to cope with parental stress.
- Support positive health outcomes by addressing premature birth outcomes, attending well child visits, and supporting breastfeeding.
Program Data
- Program start date: 2008
- Target number of youth/families served annually, FY 2024: 3,270
- Average number of youth/families served per month, FY 2023: 2,317
- Counties served: 53
- Annual budget for community contracts: $19,743,099
- Total number of community grantees: 16 grantees, 1 subgrantee
- Average grantee budget: $1,233,944
Success Story
Hillcrest Texas Nurse Family Partnership, McLennan County
Dani, a 19-year-old mother, was very engaged in Hillcrest's Nurse Family Partnership program, taking steps to secure her and her baby's safety and future. While in the program and caring for her baby, the young mother worked on her goal to become a certified medical assistant. Dani underwent significant challenges and persisted with the support of her nurse home visitor and other providers.
Dani completed relationship counseling and mental health counseling through a local mental health provider. The nurse home visitor who was working with Dani since before her baby was born has watched her grow and achieve goals in the face of many obstacles.
Dani has completed her testing and is now a certified medical assistant, all while caring for and nurturing her baby during her critical first year.