About Home Visiting Day in L.A. County
Leading up to the third Friday of April each year, we highlight the life-changing benefits of home visiting for pregnant people and families with young children.
Why Home Visiting Day?
It’s an opportunity to get the word out so more families can benefit from these free services. We also aim to show policymakers and grantmakers that investments in these programs yield enormous and long-lasting returns. And, of course, Home Visiting Day is a chance to recognize and applaud the dedication of trained home visitors for the critical support they provide every day.
Digital Toolkit
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See other way to get involved!- Record a Video
Help others learn about home visiting! Record a quick video here so we can share on social media. - Work with Local Officials to Issue a Proclamation
- Record a Video
“As a partner in creating coordinated and responsive systems of care for L.A. County families, we join in celebrating Home Visiting Day to uplift and promote home visiting services that improve maternal and infant health and generate more equitable outcomes by providing families with the support they need during the most critical moments of a child’s development.”
Karla Pleitéz Howell
Executive Director, First 5 LA
Who's Behind It?
Home Visiting Day in L.A. County is a project of the Los Angeles County Perinatal and Early Childhood Home Visitation Consortium, an alliance of over 60 home visiting agencies and family and child health organizations. Managed by LA Best Babies Network, the Consortium supports home visiting programs across the county by:
- Sharing training and educational resources
- Researching best practice standards
- Supporting enhanced referral systems between programs
- Conducting research and collecting data on home visiting outcomes
- Advocating for systems and policies that recognize the tremendous value of home visiting services.
Highlights Since the 2022 Launch …
2022
- Inaugural Home Visiting Day celebration on April 8th
- Home Visiting 101 webinar: hosted by the LA County Perinatal and Early Childhood Home Visitation Consortium’s referrals
workgroup - First-ever L.A. County Board of Supervisors proclamation,
sponsored by supervisor Hilda Solis, passes unanimously - Launch of official Home Visiting Day website, with resources, including a social media toolkit to promote the day
2023
Theme: "Strengthening the Village of Support for all Families"- Home Visiting Day officially set to take place on the third Friday of April each year
- Launch of video recording tool for clients and staff to talk about home visiting
- 15 videos total submitted
- HomeVisitingDay.org/record now available throughout the year to collect testimonials from clients and staff
2024
Theme: "Strengthening Families, One Visit at a Time"- City proclamations from Lancaster, Palmdale, Long Beach, and Los Angeles issued for the first time
- L.A. County Board of Supervisors proclamation passes unanimously, for third year in a row
- Launch of mailing list for Home Visiting Day updates:
HomeVisitingDay.org/join - The day caught the attention of L.A.’s Spanish news outlet Telemundo 52. They aired a story in May 2024 about a home visiting client named Daisy and her one year-old son, who participated in a program at Child Care Resource Center in the San Fernando Valley.
2025
Theme: "Supporting Parents, Nurturing Bonds: The Core of Home Visiting"- On April 1, 2025, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors proclaimed Home Visiting Day. See the motion introduced by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis.
- Organizations and hospitals in the Family Strengthening Network, along with the families they serve, found unique and meaningful ways to celebrate. See highlights.
What Is Home Visiting?
Early childhood home visiting matches people who are pregnant or have recently had a baby with a support person — often a trained nurse or early childhood specialist. This home visitor helps them during pregnancy and through the early stages of raising a family. Services are free and voluntary and include caregiver coaching and connections to community resources. During the pandemic, home visitors met online with families, but now in-person visits are available again.
Dozens of organizations across L.A. County provide free home visiting services for expectant and parenting families.
