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Message IMPACTREPORTFirst Quarter 2024-2025
Families enroll in our program anytime during pregnancy or during the rst three months of a child’s life, ensuring that our home visitors can provide critical support from the very beginning. All families are oered weekly home visits at the beginning of services, with a gradual step-down in service intensity based on family progress, indicated by higher levels of stability, ongoing access to resources, and community connections. rough our many comprehensive programs and initiatives, we foster a future where all children can grow up in safe, healthy and nurturing environments. is Impact report focuses on two of our eight major programs: Healthy Families Virginia and Darkness to Light. Home visiting is a proven prevention strategy for delivering family-strengthening services to children and parents. Home visiting leads to positive results that last over time, including:• Better child and maternal health• Less child maltreatment• Increased parenting condence• More school readiness• Increased economic self-suciency• An estimated return of $3 to $5 for every $1 investedOur mission is at the heart of everything we do. We strive to create supportive environments where every child is nurtured, every family empowered, and every community strengthened. Healthy Families Virginia is a nationally accredited, evidence-based home visiting model proven to improve family outcomes and reduce the risk of child abuse and neglect, through 28 programs covering 79 counties.When families rst join the program, all caregivers are assessed using the Family Resource and Opportunities for Growth Scale. is assessment, which is completed in conversation with the parent using a trauma-informed approach, allows the home visitor to learn about the family’s story, their current stressors, and their hopes for the future. is is then used to guide services over the long term, addressing risk factors and building on protective factors while individualizing services for each family’s unique needs. Families can remain enrolled for at least three years, and in some programs, until the child’s h birthday. PARENT OUTCOMESCHILD OUTCOMESPARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP OUTCOMESConnecting Caregivers With Elevated Depression Screens to Supportive Resources99.1%Connecting Caregivers With Positive Intimate Partner Violence Screens to Supportive Resources100%Connecting ose Who Drink Alcohol or Use Other Substances to Supportive Resources100%Connecting With Stable Health Care Within 3 Months of Birth or Enrollment96.9%Consistently Receiving Ongoing Health Care, Including Child Well Visits98.3%Up-to-Date Vaccinations at 6 Months, 18 Months, and 6 Years of Age94.8%Connecting Children with Developmental Delays and eir Families to Resources 99.3%Connecting Tobacco Users to Resources to Help em Quit98.0%Positive Parent-Child Interactions at Acceptable Levels and/or Improving 98.0%FAMILIES FORWARD VIRGINIA PROGRAMS
Families enroll in our program anytime during pregnancy or during the rst three months of a child’s life, ensuring that our home visitors can provide critical support from the very beginning. All families are oered weekly home visits at the beginning of services, with a gradual step-down in service intensity based on family progress, indicated by higher levels of stability, ongoing access to resources, and community connections. rough our many comprehensive programs and initiatives, we foster a future where all children can grow up in safe, healthy and nurturing environments. is Impact report focuses on two of our eight major programs: Healthy Families Virginia and Darkness to Light. Home visiting is a proven prevention strategy for delivering family-strengthening services to children and parents. Home visiting leads to positive results that last over time, including:• Better child and maternal health• Less child maltreatment• Increased parenting condence• More school readiness• Increased economic self-suciency• An estimated return of $3 to $5 for every $1 investedOur mission is at the heart of everything we do. We strive to create supportive environments where every child is nurtured, every family empowered, and every community strengthened. Healthy Families Virginia is a nationally accredited, evidence-based home visiting model proven to improve family outcomes and reduce the risk of child abuse and neglect, through 28 programs covering 79 counties.When families rst join the program, all caregivers are assessed using the Family Resource and Opportunities for Growth Scale. is assessment, which is completed in conversation with the parent using a trauma-informed approach, allows the home visitor to learn about the family’s story, their current stressors, and their hopes for the future. is is then used to guide services over the long term, addressing risk factors and building on protective factors while individualizing services for each family’s unique needs. Families can remain enrolled for at least three years, and in some programs, until the child’s h birthday. PARENT OUTCOMESCHILD OUTCOMESPARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP OUTCOMESConnecting Caregivers With Elevated Depression Screens to Supportive Resources99.1%Connecting Caregivers With Positive Intimate Partner Violence Screens to Supportive Resources100%Connecting ose Who Drink Alcohol or Use Other Substances to Supportive Resources100%Connecting With Stable Health Care Within 3 Months of Birth or Enrollment96.9%Consistently Receiving Ongoing Health Care, Including Child Well Visits98.3%Up-to-Date Vaccinations at 6 Months, 18 Months, and 6 Years of Age94.8%Connecting Children with Developmental Delays and eir Families to Resources 99.3%Connecting Tobacco Users to Resources to Help em Quit98.0%Positive Parent-Child Interactions at Acceptable Levels and/or Improving 98.0%FAMILIES FORWARD VIRGINIA PROGRAMS
Sexual abuse is a problem that 1 in 10 children will experience before they turn 18. Child sexual abuse can occur anywhere. To prevent abuse, we have to break through the stigma and shame so we can talk about how it happens and how it can be prevented. Darkness to Light empowers adults to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child sexual abuse through awareness, education and stigma reduction. LOCATIONS OF TRAININGSNUMBER OF TRAINERS NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS TRAINEDTotal Facilitators Trained on New Version70Since October 202334Total People Trained in New Stewards1,160Since October 20231,018Trained in Spanish Version68RICHMONDALEXANDRIANORFOLKVIRGINIA BEACHLYNCHBURGFAIRFAXFARMVILLESTAUNTONVIRTUALAUGUSTAHENRICOTUCKAHOEKING GEORGEBEDFORD8100 Three Chopt Rd., Suite 212Richmond, VA 23229804.359.6166info@familiesforwardva.orgfamiliesforwardva.org