As we approach the new year, we get to reflect on how we have grown since 2024 began.

Throughout the year, we welcomed nearly 18 new staff members, three new programs, and cultivated more partnerships with aligned community organizations. FAIR project referrals have increased exponentially in the past several months, and we have supported a record number of nursing student placements within NNCC.

The items below capture just a few highlights from 2024. As we enter 2025, we aim to reach more families with high-quality services, advance policies that support the nursing workforce and the communities we serve, and foster our own workforce to ensure they have what they need to optimize the growth that we experienced in this past year.

Advocacy Wins of the Year

This year, we had the opportunity to participate with Philadelphia’s Shared Safety Coordinating Council in the development of trauma-informed emergency room discharge paperwork for people who were seen for intimate partner violence-related ailments and injuries. This document is currently being translated into Arabic, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Khmer, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Tagalog, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. When the translation is completed, we will be sharing the new discharge paperwork with Philadelphia healthcare centers and hospitals. 

In August, the Department of Education introduced new clarifying Title IX language, which included protections for lactation. The Coalition for Lactation-Friendly Schools responded by creating a toolkit for schools to become lactation friendly – to guide school administrators through finding and making space and accommodations for parenting students to pump milk. The Coalition for Lactation-Friendly Schools will publish, print, and distribute this toolkit to numerous schools throughout Pennsylvania.

Legislative Visits

This year, we hosted several legislators in our office. Senator Bob Casey’s staff joined us to discuss everything surrounding home visiting - in Philadelphia and across Pennsylvania. During their visit, they heard from nurse home visitors and their clients about their time in home visiting programs, talked about the challenges people face navigating complex and challenging systems, and what we look for in the future of home visiting. Councilmember Jamie Gauthier joined NNCC and partnering organizations to discuss housing in Philadelphia.

NTTAP and Accreditation

The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. In 2024, we provided nursing continuing professional development credits for 22 courses or course series. We also hosted 31 trainings and saw 3,107 participants over the year.

PA-NWC Brand Change

The Pennsylvania Nursing Workforce Coalition, formerly known as the Pennsylvania Action Coalition, has a new 5-year strategic plan. This plan includes a brand refresh - a different name but the same vision and mission - to advance a nursing workforce that will lead healthcare transformation by cultivating strategic partnerships with diverse populations and organizations. Read more here.

New Deputy Executive Director

Erin Graham, DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC, IBCLC, has been appointed as the first-ever Deputy Executive Director at the National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC), a newly established leadership role designed to strengthen NNCC’s mission of advancing health equity and supporting community well-being through quality, compassionate, and collaborative nurse-led care.

Erin’s history within NNCC as a Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) Nurse Home Visitor, NFP Supervisor, and Senior Director of Healthcare Integration has provided her with comprehensive experience in both direct service and administration. Her journey with NNCC reflects a deep commitment to public health and a strategic vision for expanding access to essential services. Read more about her new role here.

Giving Tuesday

The Family Advocacy and Integrated Resources (FAIR) Project is an innovative partnership that combines civil legal aid services and concrete needs assistance with maternal and child health home visiting programs. The goal is to provide families with comprehensive support that addresses their immediate needs and long-term well-being, ensuring children and parents thrive together.

This year, we had a Giving Tuesday campaign to raise funds for the Family Support Fund - which is a critical resource designed to address urgent, concrete needs that cannot be met through other funding sources. And the campaign isn’t over yet, you can still donate to the fund and help provide urgent financial relief to Philadelphia Families. You can read more about the FAIR Project and Fund here.

Nurse Home Visiting Programs

This year, our two nurse home visiting programs, Nurse-Family Partnership and Mabel Morris, served 742 families in total and conducted around 6,500 visits. This means that every two weeks, 677 families in Philadelphia met with their nurse home visitors to create and work on their goals - whether in development, health, education, or economic self-sufficiency. 

Every month, families in the program also have the opportunity to participate in events hosted by NNCC and their program. With 18 events to attend through the year, ranging from learning about healthy food with The Food Trust to celebrating the end of the year with Mister John’s Music, families

Throughout the year, our families could also participate in advocacy opportunities. They joined us at the National Home Visiting Summit in Washington, D.C., and spoke in front of legislators in Pennsylvania and around the nation about the programs and how they have helped shape their lives.

Program Transitions

This year, NNCC welcomed two new programs transitioning from other organizations: the Philly-MontCo Family Center (formerly with Carson’s Valley Children Aid) and the Post-Partum Visit Program (formerly with the Visiting Nurses Association).

The Philly MontCo Family Center serves approximately 200 pregnant and parenting families per year through the Parents-as-Teachers curriculum in the Norristown area and north Philadelphia. The Post-Partum Visit Program connects individuals who have missed their six-week post-partum appointment with a registered nurse or nurse midwife to reconnect them with care during this critical period.

Both programs expand NNCC’s ability to support pregnant and parenting families in Philadelphia and within Pennsylvania with support and tools to advance their goals and improve their health and well-being.

AmeriCorps

NNCC’s AmeriCorps programs place members at organizations across Philadelphia and Pennsylvania that work to eradicate poverty through direct community engagement and program management. These programs start in the summer and end the following summer. 

The AmeriCorps Nursing Fellowship Program places members at community-based primary care and public health organizations. For the 2023-2024 program year, we had 14 members, and for the 2024-2025 program year, we have 11 members.

We also have the AmeriCorps VISTA Program, where members serve for one year at nonprofit organizations and public agencies. For the 2023-2024 program year, we had 3 members, and for the 2024-2025 program year, we have 7 members. You can read about these programs and their members here.

We are celebrating National AmeriCorps Week this week, March 9-15! At NNCC, our AmeriCorps programs place members at organizations across Philadelphia and Pennsylvania that work to eradicate poverty through direct community engagement and program management.

We have two paths to be involved with AmeriCorps. The AmeriCorps VISTA members serve for one year at nonprofit organizations and public agencies, where they support the expansion of community programming. The AmeriCorps Public Health Nursing Fellowship places members at community-based primary care and public health organizations, allowing them to develop the skills and cultural humility that will better prepare them for the public health nursing workforce.

Through these programs, NNCC has improved health outcomes for the communities around the city. Celebrate AmeriCorps Week with us and read about some of our current members below:

Elena Smith, AmeriCorps Vista

Taylor Wise, Public Health Nursing Fellowship at Widener's Community Health Clinic

Aissatou Diallo, Public Health Nursing Fellowship at HUP Harvest

Zarah Kayhan, AmeriCorps VISTA at PHMC Health Network

It's almost the new year, and we are spending some time reflecting on NNCC and our community! The items below capture just a few of our 2025 highlights! Take a look.

NNCC Trainings

The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium hosts and co-hosts different types of training throughout the year. NNCC is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. In total, NNCC had 53 training sessions accredited for 69 credit hours in 2025.

Philly SPROUT’s goal in 2025 was to train 400 providers for IECMH and related workforce, and they met the goal with 448 attendees. They hosted an in-person Summit, where they launched the training content for Year 2. The SPROUT team was also successful in hosting three live virtual trainings, inviting a large network of providers and the workforce. They also held two live virtual learning collaboratives, which allowed for more engagement and discussion from a smaller, more specific audience.

The PA-NWC held trainings for its Nurse Diversity Council. This year, the team held 3 virtual trainings and 1 in-person training. The topics ranged from Strengthening the Nurse Resident’s Confidence to Combat Workplace Violence to Creating a Robust Nursing Graduate. In total, these trainings had almost 170 participants!

The NTTAP and HCCN Teams hosted a total of 42 trainings.

FAIR Program

The Family Advocacy and Integrated Resources (FAIR) Project is an innovative partnership that combines civil legal aid services and concrete needs assistance with maternal and child health home visiting programs. The goal is to provide families with comprehensive support that addresses their immediate needs and long-term well-being, ensuring children and parents thrive together. 

Between January 1, 2025 and November 30, 2025, 1,794 referrals were made to the FAIR Project for 938 unique participants. There were 1,940 legal matters (cases and consultations) addressed, and a total of $1,102,003 has been distributed to families through grants and concrete supports from the Family Support Fund.

This year, we hosted a small Giving Tuesday campaign to raise funds for the Family Support Fund, which is a critical resource designed to address urgent, concrete needs that cannot be met through other funding sources. And the campaign isn’t over yet. You can still donate to the fund and help provide urgent financial relief to Philadelphia Families. You can donate to the Fund here.

PA-NWC

The PA-NWC team was proud to host the PA-NWC Nurse Leadership Forum Breakfast during the Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders (PONL) 2025 Annual Nursing Leadership Conference on October 23–24 in Harrisburg, PA. The Breakfast had over 80 attendees. Nurse leaders from across Pennsylvania came together for meaningful roundtable discussions on advancing nursing roles, promoting health equity, and addressing today’s workforce challenges through purposeful collaboration. 

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this engaging conversation and stay tuned for the PA-NWC Nursing Leadership Forums launching in early 2026!

CFPA

The Clinical Faculty Preceptor Academy (CFPA) grant supports the training of undergraduate nursing preceptors and clinical faculty in basic tenets of educational theory, student evaluation, complex communications, and strategies for diverse learners as a foundation for teaching in the clinical environment. 

This past year, they presented at many conferences, including but not limited to AACN, SWPONAL, APHN, and a webinar for the Patient Safety Authority. They also piloted the CFPA 101 course at Jefferson, Nemours, and NNCC. The response from nurses was overwhelmingly positive. Experienced and novice nurses serving as preceptors and as clinical faculty felt the course provided them with the tools and confidence to work with students. 

The CFPA is in its fourth year, and this year the big news is that they are disseminating the project nationwide, and they are coming out with a second course, the CFPA 201. The 201 course will be focused on those teaching graduate and doctoral nursing students and will also be a deeper dive into some of the content from 101. They are seeking additional funding to continue to support this important project for the nursing workforce beyond year four, and are excited about the opportunities and connections they've made along the way.

Nurse Home Visiting Programs

This year, from January - November 2025, our three home visiting programs, Nurse-Family Partnership, Mabel Morris, and Philly-MontCo Family Center, served 1,019 families and conducted around 8,711 visits. This means that every two weeks, 1,019 families in Philadelphia met with their home visitors to create and work on their goals - whether in development, health, education, or economic self-sufficiency.

Every month, families in the program also had the opportunity to participate in events hosted by NNCC and their program. With events held throughout the year, ranging from learning about healthy food with The Food Trust to celebrating the end of the year with Mister John’s Music, from visits to Smith Memorial Playground and the Philadelphia Zoo, families gathered with their home visitors and community around the city.

Throughout the year, our families could also participate in advocacy opportunities. They joined us at the National Home Visiting Summit in Washington, D.C., and spoke in front of legislators in Pennsylvania and around the nation about the programs and how they have helped shape their lives.

AmeriCorps

NNCC’s AmeriCorps programs place members at organizations across Philadelphia and Pennsylvania that work to eradicate poverty through direct community engagement and program management. These programs start in the summer and end the following summer. 

The Community Health Fellowship Program places members at community-based primary care and public health organizations. For the 2024-2025 program year, they had 11 Members, and for the 2025-2026 program year, they have 10 Members.

They also have the AmeriCorps VISTA Program, where members serve for one year at nonprofit organizations and public agencies. For the 2025 program year, they had 7 VISTA’s serve. You can read about these programs and their members here.

Community Action Day

On Saturday, October 11, NNCC celebrated our 10th Annual Community Action Day. This was a fun-filled day that is held to purposefully to not only honor all NNCC home visiting families, but to also build our community and promote civil engagement. This year, we welcomed more than 150 attendees.

A piece of civil engagement was inviting local Philadelphia legislators to the event! We had 7 elected officials and/or their staff attend. They were excited to speak with and meet the families they serve, and the families were able to share what they valued in their communities and what they would like to see changed.

More than 30 community partners provided resources and services to families. Resources included mental health services, lactation support, reproductive health education, and much more!

Postpartum Visit Program

The Postpartum Visit Program connects a maternal-child health nurse to individuals who have recently given birth to ensure everything is going well. A nurse conducts a health assessment of the postpartum parent and baby while providing connections to additional resources. From January - November 2025, the Postpartum Visit Program served 1,578 families in Philadelphia.

Time flies! In the summer of 2016, we launched our first-ever Community Action Day (CAD) to bring the families we serve together for fun, food, to guide our Policy Agenda, and to bring their voices to the people elected to represent them. This year, we celebrated our 10th Community Action Day on October 11, and it was an incredible time!

CAD is a signature event that amplifies the voices of NNCC’s home visiting participants and brings together families, elected officials, and community resource partners to advance NNCC’s mission to meet the wellness needs of the families we serve. This year’s milestone event welcomed more than 150 attendees, 30 resource partners, and 7 elected officials, demonstrating a collaborative commitment to community well-being.

Read about the different aspects of CAD 2025 below:

Advocacy in Action

Advocacy has been at the heart of Community Action Day for a decade. This year, we were thrilled to welcome 10 representatives from 6 legislative and elected official offices who battled the rainy weather to meet with us, meet our community partners, and chat with the families we serve about what matters to them most, what they want to see in their communities, and things that they love about Philadelphia.

A special thanks to the offices of:

• Pennsylvania State Senator Sharif Street,

• Pennsylvania State Representative G. Roni Green,

• Pennsylvania State Representative Rick Krajewski,

• Philadelphia City Councilmember Nina Ahmad,

• Philadelphia City Councilmember Jim Harrity, and

• Philadelphia City Controller Christy Brady.

To these offices, we are grateful for your participation this year and look forward to working with you to make Philadelphia a place where everyone can thrive! 

Additionally, the 2025 Community Voice Project allowed families to become familiar with Soap-Box, a community resource for Zine-Style printmaking through participating in letter-block printing a variety of prompts about their communities and their voices in the community. Participants of all ages were invited to decorate the cards to share as a visual representation of the community voice. The colorful cards were then photographed to create a virtual Zine and hung up as a banner.

Community Partners

This year, Community Action Day served as a powerful testament to collective impact, bringing together over 30 dedicated community partners. This diverse coalition represented sectors ranging from public health and vocational training to environmental advocacy, financial planning, and the arts. By pooling these multi-disciplinary resources, we created a comprehensive "one-stop" ecosystem that addressed the holistic needs of our families, proving that our impact is exponentially greater when we work cooperatively. Whether it was health screenings, career coaching, or youth mentorship, the variety of support available reflected the vibrant, multifaceted nature of our community. We are stronger together! 

Activity Overview

During CAD, our families not only had the opportunity to meet community partners and legislators, but were also invited to participate in several family activities! We had a photographer there to provide family portraits, as well as a 360-degree photo booth. There was a DJ playing music throughout the event, and we had a live salsa performance by a local dance school! There were carnival games for all ages, and we also offered childcare in the Kids Zone so that parents had an opportunity to explore the different community partners child-free.

Gender Justice Fund

Since 2021, the Gender Justice Fund has provided funding for NNCC’s Community Action Day (CAD) through their Systems Change Grant Program. The program awards a two-year grant to organizations that are working towards gender justice through advocacy, policy, and community organizing.

While CAD takes place over the course of one day, it is the culmination of NNCC’s ongoing year-round efforts in advocacy, policy, and community organizing. NNCC is deeply grateful to the Gender Justice Fund for its partnership and commitment to the communities we serve.