PREVENTION WORKS ABOUT US Menu Donate Today Fundraise Home / Supporting Programs / Home Visiting Home Visiting Home visiting is a service delivery strategy that works to improve the health and well-being of children and their families. How home visiting works Children's Trust administers the federal investment in home visiting for South Carolina – the Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program. We help determine which models to use and where the need is the greatest. We work hand-in hand with our partners guiding them through the technical aspects of delivering evidence-based programs, providing coaching and technical assistance. The home visiting specialists assist mothers and their young children with a wide range of issues – including health concerns, developmental milestones, safety environment, school preparedness, and economic self-sufficiency – during home visits and pediatric visits. Home visitors generally have a background in nursing, social work, or child development. Children’s Trust supports three evidence-based home visiting models – Healthy Families America, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. Many of the program models serve at-risk, low-income mothers. Home visiting S.C. info and data (PDF) Play play-circle At work in South Carolina 17 Local implementing organizations 2,575 Children 43 Counties Strength through collaboration Children’s Trust convenes the South Carolina Home Visiting Consortium to collaborate and strengthen the infrastructure serving all of the state’s home visiting programs. In addition to the work funded through Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV), a wide array of home visiting programs are at work in South Carolina and are supported through public and private initiatives. Additional models in SC include Early Head Start Early Steps to School Success Healthy Start Parent-Child Home Program Home visiting: proven to improve lives <2% of children were first time victims of child maltreatment 84% of parents improved parenting skills 99% of women had no second pregnancy within 12 months of giving birth What they’re saying “At first, I really didn’t think it would be more than just getting some papers and some basic baby information, but it did grow from that. It was way more than that. I actually had a friend. I met (Nurse-Family Partnership nurse home visitor) Debbie (Brush), and she’s been a great friend to me. I was happy to have someone come in and tell me some different things because I was a first-time mother. I was very scared and I needed that encouragement from someone, or that extra guidance, that maybe I didn’t get from people in my family. I needed someone from the outside looking in to give me their opinion, and Debbie did that.” KYLEIGH LAMB Young mother who graduated from the NFP program For more information Home Visiting South Carolina Consortium Children’s Trust administers the federal investment in home visiting for South Carolina – the Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program. Eric Bellamy Chief Partner Engagement Officer ebellamy@scchildren.org 803-744-4057 Cathy Ramage Director of Home Visiting cramage@scchildren.org 803-744-4027 Katrin Bost, MPH Home Visiting Systems Coordinator kbost@scchildren.org 803-744-4041 Sign Up For News And Updates Signature Work Adverse Childhood Experiences Child Well-Being Coalition Child Abuse Prevention Month Empower Action KIDS COUNT South Carolina Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) Programs Community Support for Young Parents Home Visiting Statewide Resource Network Strengthening Families Program Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) Child Abuse and Neglect Recognizing the Signs Reporting About Us Board of Directors Our Team Employment Opportunities Events Newsroom Request for Proposals and Quotes Children’s Trust of South Carolina is the statewide organization focused on the prevention of child abuse and neglect. We provide funding, resources and training to help local program partners build strong families and positive childhoods. 1330 Lady Street, Suite 310, Columbia, SC 29201 Phone 803-733-5430 info@scchildren.org Site Map Intranet Privacy Policy © Copyright 2021 Site developed by: Period-Three