Family home visiting

Hennepin County works with health care providers and local community agencies to offer family home visiting programs for eligible residents at no cost to families.

These programs send public health nurses, and other professionals to visit families in their homes or other community places to:

Help families adjust to a new baby
Provide postpartum care
Assist pregnant people and families in getting resources
Help families bond
Make sure babies and kids develop and grow up healthy and safe
Prepare kids for school

Participation and referrals

We accept referrals from families and a variety of health professionals, programs, and organizations. These include nurses, physicians, social services providers, WIC, and health plans.

To participate fill out the family home visiting referral form

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Program descriptions

Family Connects

Postpartum nurse visits open to all people who give birth at Hennepin Healthcare’s Birth Center who also live in Hennepin County.

Postpartum and newborn home visiting

Skilled nursing assessments of newborn and postpartum client.

Pregnancy support

Assessment, teaching, and support.

Long-term home visiting

Professional home visiting support for families with children up to age five.

Partners include:

Nurse-Family Partnership
Parents as Teachers
Healthy Families America

Special pediatric services

NICU follow-up
Pediatric asthma
Chronically ill children
Lead poisoning
Children with special needs

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