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Nurse-Family

Partnership Enriching the lives of young
mothers in need and their babies

VNSNY’s Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) provides the them with a specially trained VNSNY nurse. Meeting
comprehensive support that young mothers in the Bronx regularly with the mother from pregnancy through the
and Nassau need to keep their babies healthy, learning child’s second birthday, the nurse monitors the mother’s
and thriving from pregnancy onward. By working closely health, encourages mother-child interactions that
with both mother and baby, our NFP staff is helping to enhance the baby’s development, and helps the mother
break the cycle of poverty and improve the future for its plan for her child’s future and pursue her own educational
clients and their families. and career goals.

The remarkable success of VNSNY’s Nurse-Family Partner- Research shows that, compared to their peers, women
ship speaks volumes to the power of this evidence-based who participate in the Nurse-Family Partnership tend to
program, which identifies first-time, low-income mothers have better prenatal health, wait longer to have another
to be—nearly half of whom are teenagers—and pairs child, and are more likely to continue school and get a job.

Operating in the Bronx and Nassau County, our Nurse-Family Partnership programs receive funding from
the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the New York State Department of Health.
We also thank Robin Hood, the Joan Ganz Cooney & Holly Peterson Fund, The Marion E. Kenworthy- Sarah H.
Swift Foundation, Joan and Bob Easton, and our many generous individual donors for their support of our NFP.

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