Nurse-Family Partnership

Becoming a mother for the first time is an exciting experience, and also a challenging one. Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is a free, voluntary program that partners first-time moms with registered nurses in Kootenai, Bonner, Boundary, Benewah, and Shoshone counties. Through regular visits, nurses provide support, education, guidance, and encouragement to first-time moms during pregnancy and until the child turns 2 years of age.

Nurse-Family Partnership is an evidence-based program with more than three decades of research demonstrating an improvement in pregnancy outcomes for women as well as an improvement in the health and development of their babies. It also works to improve economic independence for the family. First-time moms are encouraged to enroll as early as possible. Nurse-Family Partnership also encourages fathers, family members, and even friends to get involved in the visits in order to learn how they can best support mom and her baby.