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Annotation: The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is a nonprofit organization committed to improving the health and well being of low-income, first-time parents and their children. NPM works to improve pregnancy outcomes by partnering with moms to engage in good preventive health; improve child health and development by assisting families to provide responsible and competent care; and mprove the economic self-sufficiency of the family by supporting parents to develop a vision for their own future, plan additional pregnancies, continue their education and find work. NFP helps communities replicate and sustain an evidence-based program of home visiting by registered nurses. NFP sites in states across the country are supported by a team of public health policy and administration, nursing, education and program evaluation professionals at the national office in Denver. NFP helps establish new sites and provides consultation, technical support, reporting services, and professional development for existing sites. The NFP Web site includes a directory of local sites, news updates, and fact sheets.

Keywords: Consultation, Evidence based medicine, Family support, Model programs, Nursing, Professional training, Program evaluation, Public private partnerships, Visting nurses