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ZFAN
Zero to Five Advocacy Network

• Advocating at state and local levels of awareness, development and funding of home visitor prevention programs
• Information sharing regarding best practices for serving families
• Collaboration on conferences, training, and program evaluation

ZFAN was born in 1995 as a project to advocate for long term, sustainable funding for home visitor programs. The goal was to establish a pool of funding which was accessible, and flexible enough, to support the various programs developed by each community. This original goal has met with considerable success. The 0-3 Secondary Prevention Fund has grown to a $5.3 million fund (thanks to contributions from the Department of Community Health, Family Independence Agency and Department of Education) providing grants to 47 communities serving families with young children.

The programs serve families that have children ages zero to five; many are based on the Healthy Families model. Children's Charter has provided staffing and support to ZFAN since its inception, shaping advocacy efforts and working to expand the funding opportunities available to these community-based programs.

ZFAN formally adopted a series of outcomes indicators by which home visitor programs can evaluate their services. Click here to see them.

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