We’re the national home visiting program focused on early childhood relational health – partnering with you to help the children in your life thrive.
HFA Mom
from Georgia
Nancy Gwin
HFA State Leader, Indiana
Kathleen Strader
National Director, Healthy Families America
Raecine
HFA Mom from Kansas
HFA Supervisor
HFA Parents
from Cincinnati, Ohio
Tomeaka Jupiter
HFA Training & TA Manager, Former Program Manager
Explore if HFA is the right fit for you and your community.
HFA embodies the cornerstones of healthy relationships. Once parents experience safety, predictability, comfort, and joy in a genuine way and in the context of a relationship with another, they are able to provide the same experience for their children.
HFA’s evidence is rigorous, with 40+ peer-reviewed published articles and 13+ randomized control trials by independent researchers.
Healthy Families was designed from the very beginning with flexibility in mind allowing every community the ability to tailor portions of the model to meet their needs and the needs of each family.
Technical Assistance (TA) provided by the national office is collaborative, rather than directive and it is strength-based. National Office TA Specialists utilize the same values and reflective approach with sites that supervisors use with staff, and direct service staff use with families.
Healthy Families America (HFA) is currently one of the most widely implemented early childhood home visiting models in the United States.
Families involved with HFA each year
Children involved with HFA per year
since HFA was launched
Nearly 600 HFA affiliates
Home visits a year
States + DC + US Territories
“There are so many families that are like mine. We are hardworking and trying to make ends meet. We want to be the best parents we can be….With the right support we can do that, and I know other families can too.”
Panel members spent hours preparing for this meeting, each reviewing 4033 pages of documentation submitted by HFA sites, as well as 41 spreadsheets. The sites they reviewed represented a total of 510 families who are partnering with HFA in their local communities. And in the end, eight HFA sites were accredited! Wahoo! Each accreditation is a major celebration.
In 2023, parents from the Chicagoland area met together virtually in focus groups, discussing the myriad ways HFA can improve as a program. There were two groups, one Spanish-speaking and […]
