Our Impact
Research

Cradle to Career Policy Institute, University of New Mexico

Ongoing research

Connecting Families with Community Supports

Heinz H and Breidenbach A. UNM Cradle to Career Policy Institute.

Home Visiting for First-Time Parents

Kilburn MR and Cannon JS. The Future of Children, Vol. 29, No. 1, Universal Approaches to Promoting Healthy Development 2019:81-98. Princeton University

Home Visiting and Use of Infant Health Care

Kilburn MR and Cannon JS. A Randomized Clinical Trial. 2017;139(1):e20161274

What the Dismal Science Has to Say About Investing in Children

The Economics of Early Childhood Policy. Kilburn MR and Karoly LA. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2008.

Exploratory Story of the Outcomes of a Home Visiting Intervention

Strengthening Families With First-Born Children. de la Rosa IA, Perry J, Dalton LE, Johnson V. Research on Social Work Practice. 2005;15(5):323-338. doi:10.1177/1049731505277004

The nation’s 10 Most Innovative and Exemplary Prevention Programs
In In 2002, the First Born Program was named one of the nation’s 10 Most Innovative and Exemplary Prevention Programs by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) and collaborating agencies.

Evaluation by RAND Corporation
The RAND Corporation also completed an evaluation of the program and found statistically significant improvements in health outcomes.