(1) The department shall only fund a home visitation program that includes periodic home visits to improve the health, well-being, and self-sufficiency of parents and their children. (2) A home visitation program funded by the State of Nebraska shall provide visits by nurses, social workers, and other early childhood and health professionals or trained and supervised lay workers. (3) A home visitation program funded by the State of Nebraska shall accomplish one or more of the following: (a) Improve maternal, infant, or child health outcomes including reducing preterm births; (b) Promote positive parenting practices; (c) Build healthy parent and child relationships; (d) Enhance social and emotional development; (e) Support cognitive development; (f) Improve the health and well-being of the family; (g) Empower families toward economic self-sufficiency; (h) Reduce child maltreatment and injury; and (i) Increase school readiness.
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