Home Visits for Moms and Babies

Home Visiting Programs for Families

The City of Milwaukee Health Department offers 3 different home visiting programs to meet the unique needs of Milwaukee's families. These home visiting programs hope to improve prenatal, birth, and/or infant outcomes for the families served through:

• Improved preventive prenatal and infant care
• Timely prenatal and infant health information
• Connection to community resources and support

What are the MHD's 3 Home Visitation Programs?

Empowering Families of Milwaukee
Empowering Families in Milwaukee (EFM) uses evidence-based models and partners with the community to provide frequent and long-term home visits to families. The focus of EFM is pregnant women and their children who reside in zip codes: 53204, 53205, 53206, 53208, 53212, and 53233.

Nurse-Family Partnership
Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is a research-based nurse home visiting program based on the David Olds model that provides frequent and long-term home visits to families. The focus of NFP is pregnant women and their children who reside in zip codes: 53204, 53210, 53212, and 53218.

Public Health Team Home Visiting 
Public Health Team Home Visiting provides assurance in the community for mothers and infants through short-term home visits. The focus of Public Health Team Home Visiting is pregnant teens, high-risk infants, and children who need additional health and developmental assessment citywide.

How will the City of Milwaukee Health Department's home visiting programs impact Milwaukee's families?
These 3 programs hope to improve the health and well-being of participants through:

• Improved prenatal care and information for pregnant women
• Improved birth outcomes including healthy birth weight and gestational age
• Improved infant and child health and development through preventive care coordination and child development education for families

Who can I contact for more information?
Please contact the City of Milwaukee Health Department's Central Intake and Referral line at (414) 286-8620.