Now Updated with 2019 Data

From river to river, from farm to market, in college towns and cities, the Iowa Family Support Network is working to grow healthy and vibrant communities.
More than 650 family support professionals reach over 12,000 families across Iowa. Our voluntary programs work with parents who invest their time to strengthen and nourish their family. Family support workers advocate, assist in enhancing parenting skills, and help caregivers find someone they can depend on. Three key areas of focus are: Maternal and Child Health, School Readiness, and Strong Families.
The fate of our families impacts everyone in the state. Over the last three decades, Iowa Family Support has become a national leader in improving the lives of parents and kids. Guided by common-sense values that help define a vision for the future of Iowa, we support the state’s greatest resource, our people.
The Iowa Family Support Network helps new and expectant parents cope with the challenges of raising a family by planting the seeds of resilience so families can learn of the vast opportunities around them.
Nurturing the next generation of Iowans
REACH
Enriching relationships at heart and home
MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH
Planting the seeds of success
SCHOOL READINESS
Rooted in community support
STRONG FAMILIES
Nurturing the next generation of Iowans
Enriching relationships at heart and home
Planting the seeds of success
Rooted in community support
The Iowa Family Support Network is committed to maintaining the highest standards of quality in terms of services, staff and reporting. Programs with a strong evidence-base receive the majority of available funds. Participating agencies include: Shared Visions Parent Support; Early Childhood Iowa; HOPES (Healthy Families Iowa); MIECHV (Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting); EHS (Early Head Start); ICAPP (Prevent Child Abuse Iowa via the Iowa Department of Human Services).
2019 Impact information has been compiled for the Iowa Family Support Network by the University of Kansas Center for Public Partnerships and Research and is based on Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program and other statewide data.
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