Nurse-Family Partnership:
The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is a nationwide, nurse home-visiting program committed to improving the health, well-being and self-sufficiency of low income, first-time mothers and their children (national NFP web site ). The program is voluntary and free of charge.
NFP has been rigorously evaluated in long-term studies published in peer-reviewed medical and public health journals.
- Consistent effects: better prenatal health; fewer childhoodinjuries; increased intervals between births; increasedmaternal employment; improved school readiness
- Long-term follow-up shows: 72% fewer convictions among mothers; 48% reduction in child abuse and neglect; 59% reduction in arrests among children
From its initial implementation in Jamaica, Queens, in 2003, NFP has expanded to all five boroughs. Additionally, a Targeted Citywide Initiative team of nurses serves teens in foster care, women and teens in homeless shelters, and women at Rikers Island jail. BMIRH provides assistance, training, coordination and fundraising for the continued growth and sustainability of the NFP program.
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Nurse-Family Partnership Locations
Note: Please call the site to check its hours before you go.
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Address
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Phone |
| Brooklyn |
SCO Family of Services
1221 Bedford Ave., 3 rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11216
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718-919-1284 |
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Brooklyn Hospital Center
922 Saratoga Ave., 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
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347-295-0923 |
| Manhattan |
HHC: Harlem Hospital
Kountz Pavilion
15 West 136 th St., Room 619
New York, NY 10037
|
212-939-8500 |
Visiting Nurse Service
of New York
1250 Broadway, 17 th Floor
New York, NY 10001 |
212-760-3100 |
| Queens |
NYC Dept. of Health
& Mental Hygiene
Jamaica East
166-10 Archer Avenue
Jamaica, NY 11433
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718-297-2820
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Public Health Solutions
103-24 Roosevelt Ave., 2nd Fl.
Corona, NY 11368
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347-571-2792
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| Bronx |
Visiting Nurse Service
of New York
1200 Waters Place
Bronx, NY 10461 |
718-536-3789 |
Staten-
Island |
Richmond Home Need
Services, Inc.
56 Beach Street
Staten Island, NY 10304 |
718-313-1800 |
| Citywide |
NYC Dept. of Health
& Mental Hygiene
Targeted Citywide Initiative
158 East 115th St., 2nd Fl.
New York, NY 10029 |
646-672-2855 |
For information on NFP services, contact 646-672-2880