68-2303. Home visitation program; eligibility for funding; provide visits; required accomplishments.
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(1)The department shall only fund a home visitation program that includes periodic home visits to improve the health, well-being, and self-sufficiency of parents and their children.
(2)A home visitation program funded by the State of Nebraska shall provide visits by nurses, social workers, and other early childhood and health professionals or trained and supervised lay workers.
(3)A home visitation program funded by the State of Nebraska shall accomplish one or more of the following:
(a)Improve maternal, infant, or child health outcomes including reducing preterm births;
(b)Promote positive parenting practices;
(c)Build healthy parent and child relationships;
(d)Enhance social and emotional development;
(e)Support cognitive development;
(f)Improve the health and well-being of the family;
(g)Empower families toward economic self-sufficiency;
(h)Reduce child maltreatment and injury; and
(i)Increase school readiness.