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The Case for Home Visiting: Early investments promote America’s prosperity

The Case for Home Visiting: Early investments promote America’s prosperity. www.pewcenteronthestates.org. Our Work: Fiscal Health Government Performance Election Initiatives Partnership for America’s Economic Success Pew Children’s Dental Campaign Pew Home Visiting Campaign Pre-K Now

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The Case for Home Visiting: Early investments promote America’s prosperity

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  1. The Case for Home Visiting: Early investments promote America’s prosperity

  2. www.pewcenteronthestates.org

  3. Our Work: • Fiscal Health • Government Performance • Election Initiatives • Partnership for America’s Economic Success • Pew Children’s Dental Campaign • Pew Home Visiting Campaign • Pre-K Now • Public Safety Performance Project • Results First • Stateline www.pewcenteronthestates.org

  4. Pew Home Visiting Campaign • We partner with policy makers, advocates and donors to promote smart state and federal policies and investments in quality, home-based programs for new and expectant families • Our view www.pewcenteronthestates.org

  5. Pew Home Visiting Campaign Magic bullet? • Our view • Reduction in preterm and low birth weight births • Reduction in child abuse and neglect • Fewer childhood injuries • Fewer subsequent pregnancies • Increased maternal employment • Decrease in TANF cash payments and food stamps • Improved school readiness • Reduction in criminal justice costs • Reduction in Medicaid expenditures • Return on investment of up to $5.70 for every $1 spent www.pewcenteronthestates.org

  6. High quality home visiting Pew Home Visiting Campaign • Our view • Voluntary, home-based programs that pair families with trained professionals to provide parenting information, resources and support during pregnancy and throughout their child’s first three years www.pewcenteronthestates.org

  7. We know how to build winning campaigns Pew Home Visiting Campaign • Our view www.pewcenteronthestates.org

  8. Pew Home Visiting Campaign Pew Approach to Advocacy • Data, data, data: when the facts are clear • Return on investment: don’t leave money on the table • Good governance: pay attention to evidence, implementation and performance measures • Targeted policy campaigns • Strengthen quality; grow program access • Our view www.pewcenteronthestates.org

  9. Pew Home Visiting Campaign Nontraditional Allies • Our view www.pewcenteronthestates.org

  10. Nontraditional Allies: Law Enforcement Pew Home Visiting Campaign • Our view www.pewcenteronthestates.org

  11. Pew Home Visiting Campaign Nontraditional Allies: Business Leaders • Our view www.pewcenteronthestates.org

  12. Pew Home Visiting Campaign Our Work in the States • Our view www.pewcenteronthestates.org

  13. Pew Home Visiting Campaign • Our view www.pewcenteronthestates.org

  14. State Campaign Wins Pew Home Visiting Campaign Ohio: promulgating the first-ever set of quality standards for Help Me Grow Washington: $200,000 increase to state's new Home Visiting Services Account Louisiana: the home visiting campaign managed to keep whole the $12 million in state funding for the Nurse-Family Partnership • Our view www.pewcenteronthestates.org

  15. Pew Home Visiting Campaign What’s next • Pew Home Visiting Inventory • National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs • Helping states prepare for new federal evidence-based home visiting grants • Next phase of state work: moving states to codify evidence-based home visitation policies • Our view www.pewcenteronthestates.org

  16. Pew Home Visiting Campaign A Web-based state-by-state and national snapshot of home visiting programs, models and funding in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.  • Our view • For the first time, state leaders have a clear picture of their state’s home visiting investments and program strategies. • This new Pew resource will help state and federal policy makers: • evaluate current home visiting approaches; • compare systems across states; • prepare for the upcoming infusion of federal home visiting grant dollars; and • make informed decisions to ensure the best results for families and strongest returns to taxpayers.   www.pewcenteronthestates.org

  17. Pew Home Visiting Campaign How to get involved • Stay in the loop and signup for updates: www.pewcenteronthestates.org/homevisiting • Use the Pew Home Visiting Inventory to learn about how home visiting is funded and administered in your state • Contact us to learn more about how you can connect to efforts to strengthen quality, accountability, and the return on your state’s home visiting investment • Our view www.pewcenteronthestates.org

  18. www.PewCenterontheStates.org

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