Timeline

1994

Ulster County Healthy Families makes 1st home visit for statewide HFNY on 11/5/94

1995

March 28th - official start date for original 10 programs

Albany Chemung Buffalo Madison Rensselaer

Steuben Ulster CAMBA - Flatbush Best Beginnings of Washington Heights Bronx Perinatal

CHSR joins HFNY to support Evaluation and develop Management Information System (MIS)

1996

Steuben County makes 10,000th statewide HFNY home visit on 7/24/96

HFNY Management Information System is deployed

PCANY joins HFNY to support training and staff development

1997

Clinton County is the 11th HFNY program to be funded

1998

Healthy Schenectady Families joins HFNY as the 12th program

Original programs receive 4-year accreditation from Healthy Families America

1999

Albany County Healthy Families makes 100,000th statewide HFNY home visit on 3/17/99

2000

Recruitment begins of 1,200 families in Buffalo, Ulster and Rensselaer for the HFNY randomized controlled trial, the “gold standard” of research

Rensselaer County enrolls 5,000th statewide HFNY participant

NYS home visiting law implemented

2001

Expansion to 17 new communities

Bedford Stuyvesant Broome Allegany-Cattaraugus Dutchess Niagara Oneida Ontario Newburgh Otsego

Sullivan Westchester South Bronx Morris Heights Bushwick Central Harlem Queens Staten Island

Prevent Child Abuse NY provides first quality assurance visits to programs

Data collection begins for the 1 year follow-up of the Randomized Controlled Trial

2002

Data collection begins for the 2 year follow-up of the Randomized Controlled Trial

Healthy Families New York logo created:

2003

Otsego enrolls 10,000th statewide HFNY participant on 5/13/03

Data collection begins for the 3 year follow-up of the Randomized Controlled Trial

2004

Healthy Families New York is first state to receive HFA multi-site accreditation

All HFNY program staff attend first training institute in Saratoga, New York

2005

Healthy Families New York celebrates 10 year anniversary

“Evaluation of Healthy Families New York (HFNY): First year program impacts”, a final report to the New York State Office of Children & Family Services

2006

Governor establishes NYS Budget line for Healthy Families New York

HFNY designated as a proven practice by Rand Corporation Promising Practice Network

Fatherhood advocate funds available to expand services

2007

New Healthy Families New York website is launched

Prenatal pilot initiated among several sites through work of Central Administration’s Early Enrollment Committee

Data collection begins for the 7 year follow-up of the Randomized Controlled Trial

2008

HFNY expansion adds 10 new sites

Delaware Herkimer Middletown Parkchester (Bronx) Brookdale (Brooklyn)

University Settlement(Manhattan) Tioga Suffolk Cayuga-Seneca Ontario

Suffolk enrolls 20,000th statewide HFNY participant on 6/26/08

“Healthy Families New York (HFNY) randomized trial: Effects on early child abuse & neglect” published in the journal of Child Abuse & Neglect

2009

All HFNY programs attend second Training Institute in Geneva (New York that is)!

“Reducing low birth weight through home visitation: a randomized controlled trial” published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine

2010

CAMBA-Flatbush enrolls 25,000th statewide HFNY participant on 7/26/10

“Effects of Healthy Families New York on the promotion of maternal parenting competencies and the prevention of harsh parenting” published in Child Abuse and Neglect

2011

Brookdale makes 1,000,000th statewide HFNY home visit on 5/20/11

“A randomized trial of Health Families New York (HFNY): Does home visiting prevent child maltreatment?” a final report to the National Institute of Justice

2012

Parkchester enrolls 30,000th statewide HFNY participant on 11/29/12

1st Fatherhood Summit

Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) federal funds allow expansion of four existing sites

• Erie
• South Bronx
• Morris Heights (Bronx)
• Parkchester (Bronx)

2013

Healthy Families Washington Heights joins HFNY

HFNY programs and Central Administration receive 5-year multi-site accreditation

New Web-based Management Information System deployed

2nd Fatherhood Summit

“Effectiveness of home visiting as a strategy for promoting children’s adjustment to school” published in the journal Zero to Three

2014

MIECHV funds allow expansion of existing HFNY site: Healthy Families CAMBA (Brooklyn)

3rd Fatherhood Summit

Data collection begins for the 15 year follow-up of the Randomized Controlled Trial

2015

MIECHV funds allow expansion of four existing sites, and the addition of one new HFNY program: Sunset Park (Brooklyn)

• Dutchess
• Schenectady
• Brookdale (Brooklyn)
• Morris Heights (Bronx)

4th Fatherhood Summit

HFNY celebrates 20th anniversary

2016

Healthy Families Jefferson joins HFNY

Healthy FamiliesYates joins HFNY

HFNY applauds the expansion of the following sites: Franklin, Niagara and Suffolk.

2017

Healthy Families Cortland joins HFNY

Healthy Families Wayne joins HFNY

Healthy Families Sunset Park expands.

MIECHV funds allow expansion of existing HFNY sites: the opening of new sites in Monroe and Corona Queens.

HFNY Training Institute - September 18th through 20th

Combined Enrollment Pilot project begins

“Let's Talk About Breastfeeding: The Importance of Delivering a Message in a Home Visiting Program” published in the American Journal of Health Promotion

2018

A combination of State General Funds, MIECHV funds, and rededicated TANF dollars allow Healthy Families Rockland to join HFNY and allow for two additional Training and Staff Development Specialists to support infrastructure

“Engaging At-Risk Fathers in Home Visiting Services: Effects on Program Retention and Father Involvement” published in the Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

“Reducing Maltreatment Recurrence Through Home Visitation: A Promising Intervention for Child Welfare Involved Families” published in Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal

2019

HFNY programs and Central Administration receive 5-year multi-site accreditation

2020

HFNY consistently serves families during the global pandemic, developing creative virtual home visiting strategies

Over 2,700 parent surveys and nearly 67,400 home visits are completed during the year of the COVID-19 pandemic

“Sustained Impact on Parenting Practices: Year 7 Findings from the Healthy Families New York Randomized Controlled Trial” published in Prevention Science

Central Administration continues to support programs during the pandemic by rapidly adapting trainings, quality assurance site visits, the management information system and technical assistance.

2021

An increase of de-linking funds allow addition of two sites in St. Lawrence and Livingston Counties