Constance Gully

It’s time we recognize that supporting parents is crucial to the well-being of our children. Read my op-ed for @sdut on the impact of home visiting and how we can build healthier families and communities.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/10/23/opi…

After 9-months, here’s the first loving gaze they’ve both been waiting for. 😍 For baby, this look is the beginning of a complex and miraculous process: the development of sight. On Day One, infants’ vision remains highly underdeveloped. Not only must newborns develop the abilities to focus, move, and use their eyes together - but they must also begin learning to use the new visual information their eyes are suddenly transmitting to their brains. It’s a lot. Because this is all still in process, a newborns’ best visual acuity (limited and fuzzy though it remains) is on objects 8 to 10 inches from their face - which is, conveniently, the distance to the most amazing sight in the world: mom’s face. 🎥 kennedio_ TT

ICYMI: to ensure we continue to meet the needs of families and communities, Parents as Teachers has expanded our model goals based on new information, including a new report from research with @JBA_News. This is just one the 7 goals of our #homevisiting model:

Find your strength! It’s there!

It’s National Women’s Health Week! What are you doing to focus on your health this week? womenshealth.gov/nwhw #NWHW #FindYourHealth

Just in time for #MothersDay, the Show Me Strong Families Doulas were on Friday's @NBCNews talking about how and why they're fighting the #Blackmaternalmortality crisis. Thank you @simplyzinhle for helping us share our story. #homevisitingworks nbcnews.com/nightly-news/v…

Children get excited about tasting new foods when they have been involved in the preparation. Even young children can rinse fruits and veggies, tear lettuce, or stir ingredients. #Parenting #HomeVisiting

Looking forward 2 seeing @SenRhondaFields tomorrow. Sen Fields received the Jack Tweedie Human Services & Early Learning Champion Award @ 2022 @NatlPAT conference. Jack was the EC leader @NCSL.org & on @NatlPAT Board. #HomeVisitingWorks.

~7% of pregnant women reported using #opioids in 2019. #HomeVisitors can connect caregivers to treatment options, help reduce their stress, & support positive parenting practices—all during a critical window for mom & baby. zurl.co/j9SY

Our friends at Arizona’s First Things First produced this informative video on early brain development! A lot happens in the earliest years.

Have you heard? @NatlPAT is in the @nytimes! I’m thrilled to see this piece by @EricaLG that features the life-saving work of doulas and the importance of home visiting services. nyti.ms/3konwK6

Dads, you strengthen your child's confidence when you take an active role in their play. Watch these dads in dance class with their little girls #Cute #DadTips fb.watch/6eWwapHTYG/ #Parenting #HomeVisiting

Hooray! 🥳Congress has passed the omnibus appropriations package on a bipartisan vote, including the Jackie Walorski Maternal & Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act (#HR8876)! #MIECHV has been reauthorized for another 5 years! #HomeVisitingWorks

Thank you, Congress, for supporting this vital program. #homevisitingworks #MIECHV

Families across the country will benefit greatly by increasing funding for home visiting. #MIECHV

#HomeVisitingWorks. Families in every state will benefit from reauthorization of #MIECHV in the omnibus spending package. Thank you Congress!

@NatlPAT is thrilled that the House of Representatives passed #HR8876, the Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022. Thank you  @RepDannyDavis & @RepBradWenstrup for your leadership #MIECHV #homevisiting

Wonderful news! #MIECHV #HomeVisitingWorks

H.R. 8876 - The Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022 - is being heard in the House tomorrow! We urge all members of Congress to vote in favor of this important legislation. nationalhomevisitingcoalition.org/wp-content/upl…

Join us in celebrating Jessica Smith, one of the many incredible people at the heart of Colorado's home visiting workforce. @NatlPAT @ChieftainNews @SoCoCharities