Southern Nevada Health District: Nurse Family Partnership
Nurse-Family Partnership is an evidence-based best practice model delivered in the community setting. Low-income women pregnant with their first child are partnered with a Registered Nurse early in the pregnancy. Each mother served by the program receives ongoing nurse home visits that continue through her child’s second birthday. Independent research proves that every dollar invested in Nurse-Family Partnership can yield up to five dollars in return to the community. Program goals include improving pregnancy outcomes, improving child health and development, and improving the economic self-sufficiency of the family.
The Southern Nevada Health District Nurse-Family Partnership Program opened its doors to clients in September 2008. This program is a true partnership between the mother and nurse. They agree to work together from pregnancy to the child’s second birthday. To qualify, low-income, first time mothers must enter the program before the 29th week of pregnancy and be willing to commit to the full program.
Further information on the Nurse-Family Partnership
organization may be obtained by visiting www.nursefamilypartnership.org.
For information on the Southern Nevada Health District Nurse-Family Partnership
program contact Maria Teresa Johnson at (702) 759-0779 or at johnsonmt@snhdmail.org.
You can
also contact their main office at:
280 South Decatur Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV 89107
Phone: (702) 759-1000
Sunrise Children's Foundation: Early Head Start and HIPPY
Sunrise Children's Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c) (3) corporation whose mission is “Helping children to fulfill their potential of safe, healthy and educated lives.” Their key programs are:
EARLY HEAD START (EHS) offers comprehensive child development and family support services to eligible expecting mothers, infants, toddlers and their families. In center-based as well as home-based settings, EHS promotes infant and toddler health and development; fosters positive family relationships and supports parents as the primary decisions makers and nurturers of their children.
HIPPY (Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters) is a home-visiting, early intervention program for families with children aged 3-5 years. HIPPY helps parents to engage their children in daily learning activities that promote literacy and school readiness.
SUNRISE WIC CLINICS - Sunrise Children’s Foundation supports four sites for the Supplemental Nutrition program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) in Southern Nevada in conjunction with the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health. WIC is a federally funded program designed to improve the health of Nevada's pregnant women, infants and children to the age of 5 years.
Sunrise Children’s Foundation was founded in 1993 and proudly partners with family support, health and education agencies throughout Nevada.
For more information about Sunrise Children’s Foundation, please email info@sunrisechildren.org.
To apply for EHS, HIPPY or WIC services, please call the SCF-Ladd Education Center at (702) 631-7130 for information.
2795 E Desert Inn Road, Suite 100, Las Vegas NV 89121
University of Nevada, Reno: Early Head Start
Child and Family Research Center University of Nevada, Reno
Sarah Fleischmann Building
University of Nevada, Reno | Mail Stop 0141
Reno, NV 89557-0141
Phone: (775) 784-6762
Fax: (775) 784-4533
Early Head Start
785 W. 6th St.
Reno, NV 89503
Phone: (775) 327-5100
Fax: (775) 327-5866
Yerington Paiute Tribe: Parents as Teachers
The Yerington Paiute Tribe is working under a Cooperative Agreement with the
Administration for Children and Families to implement Parents as Teachers in the
Tribal community.
The program is intended to:
- Support the development of healthy, happy, and
successful American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children and families
through a coordinated, high-quality, evidence-based home visiting strategy which
provides services to pregnant women and families with young children aged birth
to kindergarten entry.
- Promote cooperation and coordination among various
programs that serve pregnant women, expectant fathers, young children, and
families in Tribal communities (including AIAN Head Start, Tribal child care,
Indian Health Service, and Indian child welfare) to provide the infrastructure
which will support high-quality, comprehensive early childhood systems in every
community.
For more information on Parents as Teachers please visit
their website.
For more information on the Yerington Paiute Tribal
Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visitation Program, contact the Yerington
Paiute Tribe at:
Renee Rogers
Home Visitation Program
Coordinator
Yerington Paiute Tribe
171 Campbell Lane
Yerington,
Nevada 89447
Phone: (775) 463-3755 Ext 370
Cell: (775) 400-0447
FAX:
(775) 463-7892
Email: rrogers@ypt-nsn.gov
Lyon County Human Services
Lyon County Human Services
Offering Parents as Teachers home visiting services in Lyon County to pregnant women and families with children from birth to kindergarten entry.
For information, please contact:
Anna Coons
(775) 577-5009 x3314
Email: acoons@lyon-county.org
Lyon County website: http://www.lyon-county.org/
Parents as Teachers website: http://www.parentsasteachers.org/
The Children's Cabinet - Washoe County
777 Sinclair Ave.
Reno, NV 89501
Offering Parents as Teachers home visiting services in Washoe County to pregnant women and families with children from birth to kindergarten entry.
For information, please contact:
Kim Young
(775) 352-8090
Toll Free: 800-753-5500
Parents as Teachers website: Parents as Teachers
Community Chest, Inc
991 South C Street
Virginia City, NV 89440
Offering Parents as Teachers home visiting services in Lyon and Storey Counties to pregnant women and families with children from birth to kindergarten entry.
For information, please contact:
Michael-Ann Lazzarino
(775) 847-9311
Email: michael-ann@communitychestnevada.net
Community Chest, Inc. website: http://communitychestnevada.net/
Parents as Teachers website: http://www.parentsasteachers.org/