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.