On May 20, 2025, Governor Moore signed into law Senate Bill 156 / House Bill 334 creating the Workgroup on Newborn Home Visiting Services. Findings and recommendations are due to Governor Moore by December 31, 2025 and will be posted here.
Members of the Workgroup are defined by the legislation and will be appointed by the Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Secretary of Health. Together, they will represent State government, health providers and administrators, insurance, and evidence-based home visiting models. While not called for in the legislation, the Workgroup will create opportunities to hear from families with newborns to ensure their voices inform the deliberations.
The Workgroup is charged with:
- Compiling participant data and expenditures per participant from the home visiting for families with newborns programs currently operating in the State;
- Comparing data for home visiting for families with newborns programs in the State to data for evidence-based models for universal nurse home visiting for families with newborns;
- Identifying service gaps between evidence-based models for universal nurse home visiting for families with newborns and operational home visiting for families with newborns programs;
- Identifying opportunities to align the evidence-based models for universal nurse home visiting for families with newborns with operational home visiting for families with newborns programs operating in the State;
- Identifying potential funding sources to close the identified service gaps; and
- Identifying workforce needs, including issues related to cultural competency, for the evidence-based models for universal newborn nurse home visiting for families with newborns and recommendations to address the workforce needs.
We'd like to hear from you
If you would like to submit questions, comments, or other input to the workgroup, fill out the form below.
Upcoming Meetings
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Upcoming meeting will be posted here as information becomes available.
Minutes from Previous Meetings