2024 Annual Report
“It was huge for us to have something to look at, someone to guide us, someone to help us through all those tough and fun moments too.”
~ Laura, Former First Born® Parent ~
FY24 Program Data
- First Born® and More is New Mexico’s federally recognized home visiting promising approach.
- We have been serving New Mexico families for 27 years, with roots in Silver City, NM.
- Designed as a universal model, accessible to any family regardless of socioeconomic status.
- First Born® and More is an established evidence-based model showing improvements in child health and wellness outcomes, prenatally through age five.
- First Born® and More measures outcomes for maternal and child health, parent and child positive relationships, child development, school readiness, reduction of child maltreatment and family violence, and connects families to resources.
100%
of families enrolled prenatally and received prenatal care
90%
engaged in discussion about early literacy
96%
of infants on schedule to be fully immunized by age 2
First Born® and More saw a 10 percent increase for families who enrolled prenatally and received prenatal care (100 percent), compared to FY23 (90 percent). This is a difference of 35 percent from the state average of 65 percent, as recorded by New Mexico Department of Health Indicator-Based Information System, NM-IBIS – Health Indicator Report – Prenatal Care in the First Trimester by County, New Mexico and U.S., 2019.
The number of families who received First Born® and More services increased by 7.2 percent, compared to FY23.
15,487
Home Visits
70%
In-Person
30%
Virtual
| Demographics | 1,067 Families Served |
1,157 Children Served |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 17% | 18% |
| Asian | 4% | 3% |
| Black or African American | 2% | 2% |
| White | 50% | 61% |
| More than One Race | 1% | 9% |
| Hispanic | 31% | 40% |
| Non-Hispanic | 42% | 52% |
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