Home visits for families

Hennepin County works with health care providers and local community agencies to offer family home visiting programs for eligible residents at no cost to families.

These programs send public health nurses, and other professionals to visit families in their homes or other community places to:

• Help families adjust to a new baby
• Provide postpartum care
• Assist pregnant people and families in getting resources
• Help families bond
• Make sure babies and kids develop and grow up healthy and safe
• Prepare kids for school

Participation and referrals

We accept referrals from families and a variety of health professionals, programs, and organizations. These include nurses, physicians, social services providers, WIC, and health plans.

To participate fill out the family home visiting referral form

Program descriptions

Family Connects

Postpartum nurse visits open to all people who give birth at Hennepin Healthcare’s Birth Center who also live in Hennepin County.

Postpartum and newborn home visiting

Skilled nursing assessments of newborn and postpartum client.

Pregnancy support

Assessment, teaching, and support.

Long-term home visiting

Professional home visiting support for families with children up to age five.

Partners include:

• Nurse-Family Partnership
• Parents as Teachers
• Healthy Families America

Special pediatric services

• NICU follow-up
• Pediatric asthma
• Chronically ill children
• Lead poisoning
• Children with special needs