Children who have a strong start stand a better chance of lifelong success. We know this because science has shown that the first five years of life are when the child’s brain develops the fastest.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Sunday demanded visitor logs for President Joe Biden's house in Wilmington, Delaware, after classified documents were ...

The Child and Family Research Center at the College of Education & Human Development received a subaward in the amount of $2.25 million from the Federal Preschool Development grant awarded to the ...

States have many opportunities to leverage Medicaid to expand home visiting. For this reason, interventions that help families provide a nurturing, healthy environment are absolutely critical.

Soon after Miriam Bravo began watching her 2-year-old grandson full-time, she realized that many years had passed since she was last responsible for a young child. Feeling a bit rusty, she turned to ...

In states and tribal communities across the country, home visitors continue to support families’ basic needs and emotional well-being throughout a period of high stress and economic instability ...

For the first time, National Home Visiting Week and Colorado Home Visitor Appreciation Week will be celebrated April 21–25. This is a meaningful opportunity to recognize the essential work of home ...

Before COVID-19 struck our country, it was already undisputed that significant racial disparities existed in health outcomes, life expectancy, educational attainment, and wealth between White and ...

Ten years ago, Navajo mom Charmayne Wilson, then 19 years old, lived in a tiny log home with her 3-month-old son on the outskirts of Chinle, a predominantly Navajo community in northeast Arizona.

Nurse home visitor Tammy Ballard has had some memorable experiences in close to a decade of helping new mothers raising their children in poverty in Dayton, Ohio. Once, she arrived at a new client’s ...

The Child and Family Research Center (CFRC) at the College of Education & Human Development offers a beacon of hope to incarcerated individuals at the Washoe County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) Jail who ...