Childhood Begins at Home is a statewide campaign designed to help policymakers and the public understand the value of evidence-based home visiting.

Pennsylvania, USA
Joined March 2018
Voluntary home visiting programs help parents and others raising children with the supports necessary to reduce juvenile delinquency, family violence and crime. #HomeVisitingWorks
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Voluntary home visiting programs help parents and others raising children with the supports necessary to reduce child maltreatment. #HomeVisitingWorks
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Head Start and Early Head Start provide critical support to young children and families, but proposed federal changes could put important services at risk. Thanks to the @Gburg_Times for highlighting what’s at stake. Comments are due TODAY. Speak up: nhsa.org/nprm-resources/how-…
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Voluntary home visiting programs help parents and others raising children with the supports necessary to improve positive parenting practices. #HomeVisitingWorks
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💙 Thank you to @RepKutz for joining our home visiting roundtable at UPMC Central Pa. Community Health Center! We’re grateful for the opportunity to hear from a family and home visitors about the impact of these programs across PA. #HomeVisiting #PAKids
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Voluntary home visiting programs help parents and others raising children with the supports necessary to improve maternal health. #HomeVisitingWorks
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Voluntary home visiting programs help parents and others raising children with the supports necessary to provide linkages and referrals. #HomeVisitingWorks
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Voluntary home visiting programs help parents and others raising children with the supports necessary to improve family economic self-sufficiency. #HomeVisitingWorks
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Voluntary home visiting programs help parents and others raising children with the supports necessary to improve child health. #HomeVisitingWorks
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Voluntary home visiting programs help parents and others raising children with the supports necessary to improve child development and school readiness. #HomeVisitingWorks
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A better future for PA kids begins with Head Start. “Head Start has been one of the nation’s most successful programs aimed at lifting children out of poverty and putting them squarely on the path to academic and lifelong success.” Read more @PennLive: pennlive.com/opinion/2026/08…
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SafeCare Augmented®—Uses motivational interviewing and other training to focus on 3 key outcomes: creating positive relationships between caregivers and their children, ensuring homes are safe to reduce the risk of child injury, and keeping children as healthy as possible.
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Parents as Teachers—Builds the capacity of parents to understand and support optimal healthy child development, develop effective parenting practices that strengthen the family foundation, and promotes school readiness. #HomeVisitingWorks
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Nurse-Family Partnership—Pairs first-time, low-income pregnant women with nurses to improve pregnancy/birth outcomes, child health and development, and family economic self-sufficiency. #HomeVisitingWorks
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Healthy Families America—Strengthens families by promoting positive parenting, enhancing child health and development, and preventing child abuse and neglect. #HomeVisitingWorks
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Pennsylvania's FY 2026–27 budget level funds Community-Based Family Centers for the 4th straight year. But with rising costs, flat funding means fewer families can access evidence-based home visiting services. Learn why sustained investment matters: childhoodbeginsathome.org/
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📊 New resource! Our updated State & County Home Visiting Fact Sheets provide county-level data on young children, families, and evidence-based home visiting services across Pennsylvania. Explore the fact sheets: childhoodbeginsathome.org/re… #HomeVisiting
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Happy Fourth of July! Today, we're celebrating family, community, and the moments that bring us together. Wishing Pennsylvania children and families a safe, joyful holiday filled with fun, connection, and summer memories. #FourthOfJuly #PAFamilies #ChildhoodBeginsAtHome
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Family Connects—Strengthens connections for families with newborns by linking them directly to supportive community care resources. #HomeVisitingWorks
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Family Check-Up®—Supports strategies to better engage parents and parent-centered intervention for reducing problem behaviors in children from toddlers through adolescence.
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