Free Nurse Home Visits for First-Time Mothers
Community Prevention Partnership of Berks County runs the Nurse-Family Partnership, which pairs a first-time mother with a specially trained registered nurse who visits her at home through pregnancy and the child's first two years.
It is for first-time, low-income mothers living in Berks or Schuylkill counties. The in-home services are free. The page does not print an income figure, so ask when you contact the office.
Each mother is partnered with a registered nurse early in her pregnancy, and the nurse's home visits continue until her child's second birthday. The visits focus on personal health, environmental health, life course, maternal role development and personal relationships, and the nurse also makes referrals to other human services. The goals are to help women follow good preventive health practices during pregnancy, to help parents provide reasonable and competent care for their child, and to help the family become more economically self-sufficient by developing a vision for the future.
The program has limits on how many families it can serve at one time. Berks County has the capacity to serve 291 families, and Schuylkill County has the capacity to serve 75 families.
The page does not say how to enroll or whether a referral is needed. For questions, the general contact number for Community Prevention Partnership is (610) 376-6988, with an alternate number of (610) 376-6077. The office is at 1010 Centre Avenue, Reading, PA 19601. Office hours are not listed. More about the national program is at nursefamilypartnership.org.
Source: communitypreventionpartnership.org/programs, read September 26, 2026.
The details
In Community Prevention Partnership of Berks County’s words
The Nurse-Family Partnership is an evidence-based community health program that helps transform the lives of vulnerable families expecting their first child. First-time, low-income mothers residing in Berks or Schuylkill counties are eligible for free, in-home services. Each mother is partnered with a registered nurse early in her pregnancy and receives ongoing nurse home visits that continue until her child’s second birthday. Berks County has the capacity to serve 291 families, and Schuylkill…
Organization
Community Prevention Partnership of Berks County
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This listing summarizes publicly available information from communitypreventionpartnership.org/programs. Last recorded review: September 26, 2026. Contact the provider to confirm eligibility, hours and availability before you go. If something here is wrong, tell us.