Home Visiting
Home Visiting is a powerful, evidence-based approach to promote family resilience and connection. Home visiting matches parents and caregivers with trained professionals who provide culturally tailored, one-on-one parenting and health care education along with connections to community resources.
Capacity
Orange County’s current home visiting system has the capacity to support one in three families with home visiting related services. The capacity of the home visiting system is insufficient. There is a gap of about 10,000 moderate to high need newborns annually in OC who could benefit from home visiting related services.
Providing Access
The Home Visiting Collaborative (HVC) aims to fill the gaps in the system and provide equitable access to culturally responsive, integrated supports to all Orange County expectant and parenting families (up to age five), prioritizing families that would benefit most from early interventions.
First 5 Orange County serves as the backbone agency for the Home Visiting Collaborative and invests in home visiting alongside all 23 HVC partners.
The organizations below are official members and have committed to the 2025-2026 charter.
Home visits completed
in FY 23-24
Average percentage of children who recieved at least 1 developmental screening in FY 23-24
Successful referrals/community resources given by home visitors in
FY 23-24
Home visitors serving families throughout Orange County
Languages spoken by home visiting staff (English, Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Korean, Arabic, Farsi, ASL)
Families enrolled for 2 or more years*
*Not all HVC home visiting programs have 2+ year enrollment
Home visiting models and curriculums in practice
…The guidance, reassurance, and even just having someone to talk to have made a world of difference, making me feel like I’m not alone and more capable of handling everything. I hugely appreciate the continued support it has been a lifeline for me during this time. I cannot believe it has been a little over a year and I can say today I am more confident than when I first started. — Home Visiting parent
Partner Organizations
