Karen Howard

Nurse-Family Partnership provides maternal and childhood health services. The firm helps women engage in preventive health practices, including getting prenatal care from their healthcare providers, improving their diet, and reducing use of cigarettes, alcohol, and illegal substances. The company is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Part of Nurse-Family Partnership, Child First, Inc. is a non-profit organization that aims to heal young children and families from the effects of trauma and adversity. The company is based in Trumbull, CT. Child First was acquired by Nurse-Family Partnership on December 03, 2020. Child First develops nurturing, consistent, and responsive parent-child relationships to break the cycle of trauma in families. The company has a goal of a young brain focused on learning rather than a brain focused on survival. Founded in 1995 by Darcy Lowell, who has been the CEO since then, the company offers home-based intervention, community collaboration, training and consultation, data and quality enhancement, and accreditation center for prevention and early trauma treatment.