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What’s possible with home visiting in 1,000 days?

Home visiting helps parents make the most of their child’s critical first 1,000 days.

Why 1,000 Days?

Did you know?

Nearly 85% of brain growth occurs in a child’s first 1,000 days

That includes infant and toddler development in:

  • Motor Skills
  • Speech
  • Cognitive & Processing
  • Social & Emotional

Early help for children and families supports child well-being and reduces health and education costs.

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What is Home Visiting?

Home Visiting helps parents be their child’s first teacher.

Home Visiting is an evidence-based voluntary early intervention strategy that connects expectant and new parents with a trained professional to help guide and support them through their child’s critical first 1,000 days.

Why Home Visiting

Home Visiting improves lives.

A child’s first 1,000 days represent a critical window for development. Home visiting services that help parents meet their child’s needs and significantly improves their chances for success.

Home visiting meets parents where they are and provides tailored support at no cost to them, helping them create positive parent-child relationships that build a strong foundation for their future.

Only 3% of the 263,300 families in South Carolina who are eligible for and could benefit from home visiting support have the opportunity to participate.

ASTHVI White Paper

94% of children completed recommended well-child visits

3,797 families successfully received services in 2017

84% of parents improved positive parenting skills

Less than2% of children were first-time victims of maltreatment

Source: NHVRC State Profile 2017

“When I was pregnant, it was a lifesaver, seriously. Sarah, my home visitor, was there to come and talk me through everything and… that prepared me as a mother.”

– Brie
Nurse-Family Partnership participant (with her daughter, Maddie)

At Work in South Carolina

Home Visiting Models

There are different home visiting models at work across South Carolina. All the models focus on families with young children, but vary based on their purpose, who delivers services, and the duration of home visits.

Across South Carolina, 66 agencies operated with at least one of these models.

Learn More About Models

  • Early Head Start (Home-Based)
  • Early Steps to School Success
  • Healthy Families America
  • Healthy Start
  • Nurse-Family Partnership
  • Parents as Teachers
  • Parent-Child+
Oconee Pickens Greenville Spartanburg Cherokee York Lancaster Chesterfield Marlboro Dillon Horry Anderson Laurens Union Chester Abbeville Greenwood McCormick Edgefield Newberry Saluda Lexington Richland Fairfield Kershaw Lee Darlington Florence Marion Aiken Sumter Calhoun Clarendon Orangeburg Williamsburg Georgetown Barnwell Allendale Bamberg Hampton Colleton Dorchester Berkeley Jasper Beaufort Beaufort Beaufort Charleston

Find a location

Home Visiting in your county


Abbeville County

Carolina Health Centers, Inc.

Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29646

Aiken County

Aiken County First Steps

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29829

Allendale County

Allendale County First Steps

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29810

Family Solutions of the Low Country/Low Country Healthy Start

Program Model: Healthy Start
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29118

Low Country Health Care System

Program Model: Healthy Families America (HFA)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29827

South Carolina Office of Rural Health; Family Solutions of the Lowcountry

Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29118

Anderson County

S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Upstate Region

Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29625

The Parenting Place – PCA Pickens

Program Model: Healthy Families America (HFA)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29640

South Fant Early Childhood & Education Center/Anderson County School District Five

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29624

Bamberg County

Family Solutions of the Low Country/Low Country Healthy Start

Program Model: Healthy Start
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29118

C.A.P.S. “Children and Parents Sharing”/Bamberg School District One

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29003

South Carolina Office of Rural Health; Family Solutions of the Lowcountry

Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29118

Barnwell County

Barnwell Primary Elementary School

Program Model: Early Steps To School Success
Contact: 803-541-1320

Kelly Edwards Elementary School

Program Model: Early Steps To School Success
Contact: 803-266-3737

Macedonia Elementary School

Program Model: Early Steps To School Success
Contact: 803-284-5800

Low Country Health Care System

Program Model: Healthy Families America (HFA)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29827

South Carolina Office of Rural Health; Family Solutions of the Lowcountry

Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29118

Beaufort County

F.A.C.E.S. (Family, Adult & Children’s Educational Services)/Beaufort County School District

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website

Beaufort County First Steps

Program Model: First Steps Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29902

All Children’s Pediatrics

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29935

Berkeley County

Berkeley County School District/First Steps PAT

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29410

Medical University of South Carolina

Program Model: Healthy Families America (HFA)
Contact: 843-876-2500 | Zipcode: 29425

S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Lowcountry Region

Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website

Calhoun County

Calhoun County First Steps – Parents as Teachers/Calhoun County First Steps

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29135

Charleston County

Charleston County First Steps

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29406

Early Head Start (Home-based) - Charleston Cty First Steps

Program Model: Early Head Start (Home-based)
Contact: Website

Medical University of South Carolina

Program Model: Healthy Families America (HFA)
Contact: 843-876-2500 | Zipcode: 29425

S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Lowcountry Region

Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website

Cherokee County

Chester County

Chester County First Steps Parents as Teachers/Chester County First Steps

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29706

York County First Steps

Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website

Family Connection South Carolina

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website

Chesterfield County

Pee Dee Healthy Start

Program Model: Healthy Start
Contact: Website

Family Connection South Carolina

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website

Clarendon County

Clarendon County First Steps

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29102

Home Education Learning Partners/Clarendon District Two – First Steps

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29148

Clarendon School District 1 - Community Resource Center

Program Model: Early Steps To School Success
Contact: 803-485-2325

Colleton County

Colleton County First Steps

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29488

S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Lowcountry Region

Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website

Darlington County

McLeod Regional Medical Center of the Pee Dee, Inc./McLeod Home Health

Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29506

Pee Dee Healthy Start

Program Model: Healthy Start
Contact: Website

Darlington County First Steps

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29550

Dillon County

McLeod Regional Medical Center of the Pee Dee, Inc./McLeod Home Health

Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29506

Pee Dee Healthy Start

Program Model: Healthy Start
Contact: Website

Dillon County First Steps

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website

Dorchester County

S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Lowcountry Region

Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website

Dorchester County First Steps

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29485

Dorchester School District #4

Program Model: ParentChild+
Contact: Website

Edgefield County

Carolina Health Centers, Inc.

Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29646

Fairfield County

Fairfield County First Steps

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29180

Eau Claire Cooperative Health Centers

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29204

Florence County

McLeod Regional Medical Center of the Pee Dee, Inc./McLeod Home Health

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29506

Pee Dee Healthy Start

Program Models: Healthy Start
Contact: Website

Florence School District One Parent Center/Family Literacy Program

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website

Florence School District #4

Program Models: ParentChild+
Contact: Website

Florence School District #1

Program Models: ParentChild+
Contact: Website

Florence School District #5

Program Models: ParentChild+
Contact: Website

Florence School District #3

Program Models: ParentChild+
Contact: Website

St. James-Santee Family Health Center, Inc./Georgetown Pediatrics

Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29458

Georgetown County

Little River Medical Center

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29566

S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Pee Dee Region

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29526

St. James-Santee Family Health Center, Inc./Georgetown Pediatrics

Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29458

Miss Ruby’s Kids

Program Models: ParentChild+
Contact: Website

Georgetown County First Steps

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website

Greenville County

The Parenting Place – PCA Pickens

Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29640

Prisma Health - Upstate

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29605

Greenwood County

Carolina Health Centers, Inc.

Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29646

Hampton County

Family Solutions of the Low Country/Low Country Healthy Start

Program Models: Healthy Start
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29118

All Children’s Pediatrics

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29935

South Carolina Office of Rural Health; Family Solutions of the Lowcountry

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29118

Hampton County First Steps PAT/Hampton County First Steps To School Readiness

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29924

Horry County

Little River Medical Center

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29566

S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Pee Dee Region

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29526

St. James-Santee Family Health Center, Inc./Georgetown Pediatrics

Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29458

Horry County First Steps/First Steps – Parents as Teachers

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29526

Horry County Schools

Program Models: ParentChild+
Contact: Website

Jasper County

All Children’s Pediatrics

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29935

Jasper County First Steps

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29936

Kershaw County

Kershaw - Lee County First Steps

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29020

Lancaster County

York County First Steps

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website

The Children’s Council

Program Models: ParentChild+
Contact: Website

Family Connection South Carolina

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website

Laurens County

Carolina Health Centers, Inc.

Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29646

Prisma Health

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29605

Laurens County First Steps

Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29360

Lee County

Kershaw - Lee County First Steps

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29020

Lee County First Steps

Program Models: Early Steps To School Success
Contact: 803-484-5110

Lexington County

Parent Information & Resource Center/Lexington County School District One

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29072

STAR: Starting Together, Arriving Ready/Pair Education Center Lexington School District 3

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website

S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Midlands Region

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29204

School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties/Ready by Five

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29063

Palmetto Healthy Start

Program Models: Healthy Start
Contact: Website

Eau Claire Cooperative Health Centers

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29204

First Steps Family Learning Center – P.A.T./Lexington County School District Three

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29006

Children’s Hospital Outpatient Center at Palmetto Health

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: (803) 434-6155 | Zipcode: 29203

Marion County

Pee Dee Healthy Start

Program Models: Healthy Start
Contact: Website

Marlboro County

McLeod Regional Medical Center of the Pee Dee, Inc./McLeod Home Health

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29506

Pee Dee Healthy Start

Program Models: Healthy Start
Contact: Website

Marlboro County – Parents as Teachers/Marlboro County School District

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29512

McCormick County

Carolina Health Centers, Inc.

Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29646

McCormick County School District One/Even Start Family Literacy Program

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29835

Newberry County

Newberry Parenting/Family Literacy Program/Newberry County Schools

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29108

Eau Claire Cooperative Health Centers

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29204

Oconee County

The Parenting Place – PCA Pickens

Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29640

Prisma Health

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29605

Orangeburg County

Family Solutions of the Low Country/Low Country Healthy Start

Program Models: Healthy Start
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29118

South Carolina Office of Rural Health; Family Solutions of the Lowcountry

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29118

Bethune Bowman Elementary

Program Models: Early Steps To School Success
Contact: 803-533-6371

Dover Elementary

Program Models: Early Steps To School Success
Contact: 803-247-2184

Elloree Elementary

Program Models: Early Steps To School Success
Contact: 803-897-2232

Holly Hill Elementary

Program Models: Early Steps To School Success
Contact: 803-496-3464

Hunter Kinard Tyler Elementary

Program Models: Early Steps To School Success
Contact: 803-263-4441

Lockett Elementary

Program Models: Early Steps To School Success
Contact: 803-274-8588

Pickens County

The Parenting Place – PCA Pickens

Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29640

Parent Education/Family Literacy – P.A.T./Pickens County School District

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29671

Prisma Health

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29605

Richland County

S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Midlands Region

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29204

School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties/Ready by Five

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29063

Richland County First Steps To School Readiness/Richland County First Steps/S.C. Department of Education

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29204

Eau Claire Cooperative Health Centers

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29204

Children’s Hospital Outpatient Center at Palmetto Health

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: (803) 434-6155 | Zipcode: 29203

Early Head Start (Home-based) - Richland Cty First Steps

Program Models: Early Head Start (Home-based)
Contact: Website

Richland School District #1

Program Models: ParentChild+
Contact: Website

Palmetto Healthy Start (teens only)

Program Models: Healthy Start
Contact: Website

Saluda County

Carolina Health Centers, Inc.

Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29646

Spartanburg County

BirthMatters

Program Models: Community Doula Program (Home visiting + Birth Support)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29301

Spartanburg School District Three

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29346

Spartanburg County First Steps

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29303

Sumter County

Palmetto Healthy Start

Program Models: Healthy Start
Contact: Website

Parents as Teachers/Sumter County School District Two

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29150

Union County

Spartanburg County First Steps

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29303

Union County First Steps

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29379

Williamsburg County

Pee Dee Healthy Start

Program Models: Healthy Start
Contact Website

S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Pee Dee Region

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29526

St. James-Santee Family Health Center, Inc./Georgetown Pediatrics

Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29458

Williamsburg County Schools

Program Models: ParentChild+
Contact: Website

York County

York County First Steps

Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Contact: Website

ParentSmart – Partnership Parents As Teachers/Rock Hill School District Three

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29730

PAT – Parenting Partnerships/York School District One

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29745

Clover School District 2 - Bright Beginnings

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29710

Family Connection South Carolina

Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)
Contact: Website

Meet the consortium

Supporting healthy families and thriving children

The South Carolina Home Visiting Consortium is a collaborative group which exists to coordinate, promote, and advocate for home visiting efforts that support children and families in South Carolina.


Advocacy


Data


Systems

Charter Members & Partner Agencies

  • BirthMatters
  • Carolina Health Centers
  • Children’s Trust of South Carolina
  • Early Head Start
  • Early Steps to School Success – Save the Children
  • Family Connection of South Carolina
  • Family Solutions of the Lowcountry
  • Healthy Families America
  • Healthy Start
  • Help Me Grow South Carolina
  • Nurse-Family Partnership
  • Prisma Health – Pediatric Ambulatory Care Transition Team
  • Parents As Teachers
  • PASOs
  • S.C. Department of Education, Part B 619
  • S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
  • S.C. Department of Health and Human Services, BabyNet
  • S.C. Department of Social Services – South Carolina Head Start Collaborative Office
  • S.C. First Steps
  • S.C. Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting

“The value of home visiting is that it helps the whole family, because children are led by example. So if mom and dad are healthy and successful then it’s a good example for the children. Then, down the road, these children are ready for school and these families are ready to better serve the community.”

– Sarah Griggs
Home Visitor, Nurse-Family Partnership

Professional Development

Resources for Home Visitors

Training Resources

    • Career Compass

Event Resources

  • Home Visiting Summit 2016
  • Home Visiting Summit 2019

Downloadable Resources

  • 1,000 Days Infographic for Home Visitors
  • Learn the Signs. Act Early Infographic
  • Learn the Signs. Act Early Infographic (Spanish)

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