St. Louis’ home visiting programs are one of the best ways to connect families with resources they need for a healthy pregnancy and baby. To further this work, Generate Health, FLOURISH’s backbone organization, received a grant from Children’s Trust Fund to create a home visiting collaborative, made up of various home visiting providers in our region.
“Families, particularly those living in our high impact zip codes, often face numerous barriers accessing the information and resources they need,” said Leah Moser, director of planning and partnerships at Generate Health. “Home visiting programs bridge that gap by sending nurses, educators or community health workers directly to a family’s home, where they develop a personal relationship as an advocate and resource to support that family during pregnancy and while raising their child.”
This grant enables Generate Health to create a structure to bring together home visiting providers to better align services to scale their offerings, streamline the intake process, and fill gaps to serve families better and improve health outcomes. It will also convene a board of community members who can help raise new ideas or needs to home visiting providers, and serve as a connector to engage other neighborhood families with home visitors. In addition, home visiting providers will have opportunities to participate in professional development training.
The funding began this July and will continue through June 2020. If you would like to be involved in the home visiting collaborative, contact Leah at [email protected].
For more information about home visiting programs in St. Louis, read FLOURISH’s report here.