Nurse-Family Partnership

Nurse-Family Partnership
Founded 1970s
Founder David Olds
Type NGO (501(c)(3))[1]
Location
  • 1900 Grant Street, Suite 400, Denver, CO 80203
Area served
 United States
Services provides home visits from registered nurses to low-income first-time mothers
Key people
  • Roxane White (President and CEO)
  • Dianne Gerken(Executive Director of Nursing)
  • Paul Tosetti (CFO)
  • Erika Bantz (Senior Director, Business Development)

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Mission "Empower first-time mothers living in poverty to successfully change their lives and the lives of their children through evidence-based nurse home visiting."[3]
Website nursefamilypartnership.org

Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is a non-profit organization operating in the United States which arranges for home visits from registered nurses to low-income first-time mothers.[4] The visits begin during pregnancy and continue for two years following birth. NFP intervention has been associated with improvements in maternal health, child health, and economic security.[5]

Funding

Private funding

NFP is supported through a combination of individual and foundation/corporation donors. Foundations and corporations that support or have supported NFP include the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation,[6] Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,[7] Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,[8] W.K. Kellogg Foundation,[9] Kresge Foundation, Johnson & Johnson, and others.

Government funding

Many of NFP's programs are carried out in conjunction with federal, state, and local governments and are funded through various programs of these governments. Funding sources include Medicaid[10] and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

External reviews

GiveWell review

Charity evaluator GiveWell reviewed Nurse-Family Partnership in Fall of 2010.[11] Until November 2011, Nurse-Family Partnership was rated as the top US charity recommended for GiveWell donors. In November 2011, GiveWell changed NFP’s review to outstanding, because they felt that NFP did not have any short-term need for more funding.

Other reviews

Nurse-Family Partnership has received two consecutive, four-star rating from Charity Navigator,[12] the highest possible rating awarded from the U.S.-based charity evaluator. NFP received a rating of 60.37/70 with a financial rating of 56.98/70 and an accountability rating of 66/70.[12]

The Center for High Impact Philanthropy listed the Nurse-Family Partnership as a high-impact opportunity in its holiday giving guide and elsewhere on its website.[13][14][15]

The Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy published a detailed review of the evidence of success of the NFP's programs on its website.[16]

GuideStar,[17] has awarded the Gold participation level to Nurse-Family Partnership for its commitment to data transparency.

Great Nonprofits,[18] awarded Nurse-Family Partnership the Top-Rated Nonprofit award.

Profiles on other websites

The Nurse-Family Partnership is also featured on Global Giving,[19] Giving Library[20] and other websites that collate information about charities.[21]

Media and blog coverage

Nurse-Family Partnership has been covered in media outlets such as

Time,[22]The New York Times,[23][24] The New Republic,[25] The Washington Post,[26][27] USA Today,[28] Daily News (New York),[29] CBS News[30] and Dallas Morning News.[31]

Nurse-Family Partnership has received favorable coverage in the blogs and opinion pieces of a number of think tanks including the Center for American Progress[32] and the Brookings Institution.[33]

NFP has also received favorable coverage in MedPage Today.[34]

United Kingdom

In the UK the programme is known as the Family Nurse Partnership and has been backed by the NHS to deliver a service to 16,000 of the most disadvantaged new parents in the country.[35]

References

  1. ↑ "Financial Information". Nurse-Family Partnership. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  2. ↑ "Executive Staff". Nurse-Family Partnership. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  3. ↑ "Mission, Vision and Values". Nurse-Family Partnership. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  4. ↑ "Beginning with trust, ending with extraordinary outcomes". Nurse-Family Partnership. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Nurse Home Visits Improve Birth Outcomes, Other Health and Social Indicators for Low-Income, First-Time Mothers and Their Children". Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2014-07-05 [First published 2008]. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  6. ↑ "Nurse-Family Partnership". The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  7. ↑ "Nurse-Family Partnership (grant information)". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. November 2007. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  8. ↑ "Nurse-Family Partnership Program". Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2008-08-26. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  9. ↑ "Nurse-Family Partnership". W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  10. ↑ "Medicaid Financing of Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs: Options, Opportunities and Challenges" (PDF). National Academy for State Health Policy. June 2012. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  11. ↑ "Nurse-Family Partnership (charity review)". GiveWell.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Charity Navigator Rating -- Nurse-Family Partnership". Charity Navigator.
  13. ↑ "Center for High Impact Philanthropy Calls Investing in Nurse-Family Partnership a High-Impact Opportunity" (PDF). Nurse-Family Partnership.
  14. ↑ "High Impact Holiday Giving". Center for High Impact Philanthropy.
  15. ↑ http://www.impact.upenn.edu/about/hg14-first-time-parents
  16. ↑ "Social Programs That Work: Nurse-Family Partnership". Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy.
  17. ↑ "Nonprofit report for Nurse-Family Partnership". GuideStar.
  18. ↑ "NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP". Great Nonprofits.
  19. ↑ "Improve lives of at-risk moms & babies in the USA". Global Giving.
  20. ↑ "NFP profile page". Giving Library.
  21. ↑ "Charity Donations". Nurse-Family Partnership.
  22. ↑ http://business.time.com/2012/12/10/how-nonprofits-can-use-data-to-solve-the-worlds-problems/#ixzz2EfNcnbpm. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/opinion/sunday/nicholas-kristof-the-way-to-beat-poverty.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytopinion&_r=2
  24. ↑ "The Power of Nursing". The New York Times. 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  25. ↑ "The Two Year Window". The New Republic. 2011-11-09. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  26. ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/07/08/nurses-visits-curb-deaths-among-poor-single-women-and-their-children/
  27. ↑ "Some Women Will Find Childbearing Less of a Burden". The Washington Post. 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  28. ↑ "Home Visits Help New Moms". USA Today. 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  29. ↑ "7 DAs: Legislature Must Continue Funding Child Abuse Prevention". Daily News (New York). 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  30. ↑ "The Nurse-Family Partnership". CBS News. 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  31. ↑ "Editorial: Nurse-Family Partnership deserves investment". Dallas Morning News. 2010-05-25. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  32. ↑ Costa, Kristina. "Washington State Shows What Works: Data-driven Analysis of Public Programs Reaps Many Benefits". Center for American Progress.
  33. ↑ "Congress Should Use Cost-Effectiveness to Guide Spending Cuts". Brookings Institution. 2011-11-30.
  34. ↑ Walsh, Nancy. "Childhood Mental Abuse Under The Radar?". MedPage Today.
  35. ↑ "Family Nurse Partnership programme to be extended". Gov.uk. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

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