North Carolina Parents as Teachers

07/01/2026

A landmark five-year study by Child Trends found that SC First Steps' Parents as Teachers home visiting program reduces child maltreatment, boosts kindergarten readiness, and strengthens parenting skills, especially for families enrolled longer. This Children's Awareness Month, we're proud to share what happens when we invest in families from the very beginning. Learn more at https://bit.ly/4baEJxR

04/22/2026

Home Visiting has an impact even in the medical setting . . .

Learn how Imprints Cares uses Parents as Teachers and research-backed programs to support families and early childhood development.

04/22/2026

In North Carolina, over 550,000 families could benefit from home visiting services. Parents as Teachers served 1,684 of them. Even when ALL the home visiting programs are counted together, only 9,000 families experienced home visiting support. If you are a percentage person, that is only 1.6%. WE CAN DO BETTER! To learn what you could do to support home visiting in NC send us a message!

04/21/2026

North Carolina Parents as Teachers home visitors enjoyed over 20,000 visits with their families!

04/21/2026

Happy Home Visiting Week!! Congratulations Shanna for being 1 in 5 in the whole country to be selected as a National Home Visitor of the Year! While Shanna is not in the PAT family, we consider her a "cousin" working with Healthy Families and love to stand with her in celebration of home visiting! Way to go Shanna - keep up the great work!!!!

Shanna Carswell-Worley is a Family Support Specialist and Supervisor with Catawba Valley Healthy Families , a program of Children's Hope Alliance based in Morganton, North Carolina. Nestled in the foothills between Asheville and Hickory, Morganton has been the heart of Shanna’s life’s work for m

04/21/2026

We celebrate Shanna Carswell-Worley with our friends at Catawba Valley Healthy Families - She is from North Carolina ya'll - one of the family! (note - only 5 home visitors were selected from all over the country!) https://www.theinstitutefsp.org/news/shanna

04/21/2026

Happy Home Visiting Week! I wish I could recognize every single home visitor and all those that support this work. Each one brings something special to this work and the families they serve. They open their hearts to build relationships with families that strengthen families for generations to come. Here is just one of those special people! But the rest of you, your work is no less important!!!

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Answering this question inspires supervisor Randi Braun of Region A Partnership for Children in North Carolina. She guides the parent educators on her team as they support families who have been negatively affected by substance use.

Randi also lends her voice to a learning community that, thanks to a generous grant from Elevance Health Foundation is informing the Parents as Teachers National Center as we work to enhance the supports available for parent educators like Randi's team across the country.

04/20/2026

Thank you Governor Josh Stein for acknowledging National Home Visiting Week and joining us to celebrate home visiting and the professionals who make this field so special!