First Born creates positive and meaningful family and community change.
To encourage families to build strong relationships. The program provides quality training for home visitors and program leadership to ensure meaningful family and community outcomes.
First Born is relationship-centered and curriculum-based. Families who participate in home visits receive coaching, support, information about early childhood development, health, nutrition and safety and learn fun activities to help build brain development and learning. The First Born Program was named one of the nation’s 10 most innovative and exemplary prevention programs in 2002 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, along with several other agencies.
Through weekly home visits, families identify personal goals, recognize challenges and opportunities for growth and build a healthy, loving, playful relationship with their child.
Children are born learning. The foundation of relationships, experiences and skills developed in the first five years support a lifetime of success. The First Born Program supports child development in the areas of social emotional development, language, literacy and problem solving skills. Investing early means better outcomes for children, happier families and healthier communities.
Medical Director
We are excited to offer career opportunities in two distinct roles: First Born® Medical Director. If you are interested in either of these exciting career opportunities, please contact us for more information. We look forward to hearing from you.
Staff from First Born Programs across New Mexico, gathering for professional development, September 2019 in Santa Fe, NM
Staff from First Born Programs across New Mexico, gathering for professional development, September 2019 in Santa Fe, NM
“I see how my family and home visitor have adapted to the new ways of doing our home visits and I commend all the workers with First Born too. You guys are unstoppable."
- McKinley County, New Mexico
"I love that my daughter can see, speak, and talk to [our home visitor] through zoom meetings. My daughter is happy and gets over-excited, wants all the attention, and shows off at times. It is great!"
- McKinley County, New Mexico
"We often feel like we’re barely keeping our heads above water and our home visitor’s visits make us feel like Olympic swimmers."
- Santa Fe County, New Mexico
"We love all the helpful information and feedback and reflection. We also like just having the time to discuss any topic that is current for us."
- First Born participant from Santa Fe County, New Mexico