Impact of nurse home visiting on take-up of social safety net programs in a Medicaid population.

ABSTRACT: Childhood poverty can affect health and development across the life course. Access to social safety net programs may alleviate poverty-related hardships like food insecurity among low-income families, yet many eligible households do not enroll. We used a randomized controlled trial (n = 5670) to evaluate the impact of the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) home visiting program during pregnancy and the first 2 years after delivery on take-up of social programs including the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The NFP services were funded as part of a Medicaid Section 1915(b) waiver in South Carolina. We found that NFP participants were more likely to be enrolled in SNAP or WIC during pregnanc

SUBMITTER: Rokicki S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11964293 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature