Home Visiting Alliance

Established in November 2020, the Home Visiting Alliance is a collaboration of five Irish evidence-based early childhood home visiting programmes

Home Visiting Alliance 

Antenatal to five is the most critical period in a child’s life and vital for development over the life course. Increasingly research indicates that the right support at the right time supports parent-child bonding, infant well-being and positive developmental outcomes.   

Early childhood home visiting is a proven service delivery strategy that helps children and families thrive. It connects parents with a Home Visitor who guides them through those precious early stages of raising a family.   

Established in November 2020, the Home Visiting Alliance is a collaboration of five Irish evidence-based early childhood home visiting programmes:  

  • Community Mothers
  • Infant Mental Health
  • Lifestart
  • ParentChild+ 
  • Preparing for Life

Together, we represent the collective national voice of early childhood home visiting.  

The purpose of the Home Visiting Alliance is to:  

  • Promote home visiting from pre-birth or during pregnancy as an essential prevention and early intervention service for children, parents and families.  
  • Support member organisations, collectively and individually, to strengthen and broaden the impact of home visiting in Ireland.  
  • Contribute to policy development and implementation in relation to early childhood home visiting from pre-birth or during pregnancy and parenting support locally, nationally and internationally.   
  • Share our common learning at programme, approach, implementation and policy levels.  

For further information, please contact:

Annabel Habart 

Phone (086) 082 9662

Email annabel.habart@ncirl.ie


The new Home Visiting Alliance website is now live!

 https://hva.ie/