Impact Bond: Strong Beginnings Pay for Success Project
Stage of development: Implementation
Policy sector: Child and family welfare
Intervention: The intervention focuses on improving health and early childhood development outcomes for high-risk African-American and Latina mothers and their babies through home-visitation, social support, referrals to resources, community programs and better coordination of care throughout pregnancy until the child's second birthday. More specifically, the intervention requires nurses to visit new mothers from early in their pregnancies until two years after their child's birth to provide prenatal care, breastfeeding support, parenting and life skills-building, and healthcare or emotional support. The intervention aims to reduce rates of infant mortality and low birth-weight.
Start of service provision: 2016-01
Total investment commitment currency: USD
Total investment commitment: 8500000
Total investment commitment (USD): 8500000
Target population: Medicaid-eligible, high-risk pregnant women and their families.
Targeted number of service users or beneficiaries: 1700