Nurse-Family Partnership Endowment Fund

Transformational Gift Seeds Nurse-Family Partnership Fund To Support Most Vulnerable Parents

In Bartholomew County, Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana’s implementation of Goodwill Nurse-Family Partnership® (NFP) is supported by Columbus Regional Health Foundation’s (CRHF) NFP Endowment Fund. This fund is made possible by a generous $1.5 million gift from Christine and Tom Vujovich. Facilitated through Healthy Communities, the NFP endowment fund will encourage and enable the local NFP program to be expanded within 5 years.

Tina and Tom Vujovich

“The NFP nurse is a trusted healthcare resource embedded in our community whose influence can be felt beyond those directly cared for by the nurse as the supported mother shares her experience with friends. –Christine and Tom Vujovich

Heritage Fund - The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County and CRH Foundation have partnered with Goodwill for the 6 year pilot NFP project. Outcomes from the NFP program have already demonstrated its value as an investment to donors.

The pilot allowed CRH Foundation to share progress and provide the case for long-term donor funded support via an endowment fund maintained by the Foundation. An endowment is a permanent fund invested to provide financial resources from its annual investments and additional gifts to support the program selected by the fund donor.

NFP family

“Our community continues to benefit immensely from the pilot created through the partnership with Goodwill and the Heritage Fund, as well as now through the generosity of the Vujoviches,” said CRH Foundation President Julie Abedian. 

2021 NFP Grad Mom with Tracey Blake

As a nationwide program, Goodwill Nurse-Family Partnership® has been changing the lives of vulnerable new mothers, their children and families for many years. This endowment fund will significantly boost an already great local program. We are hopeful that our partnership model of a hospital foundation, community foundation and generous philanthropist can be replicated to spread NFP nurses through the state and nation.”

If you want to help support Goodwill NFP’s implementation in this area, you can donate to the CRH Foundation’s NFP Endowment below.

NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP OVERVIEW

Nurse Family Partnership brochure cover

NFP is an evidence-based home visitation program connecting a registered nurse with first-time at-risk moms and families to provide support from the pre-natal period through the child’s second birthday. NFP has lasting impact for families. 

Over 40 years of evidence in other communities shows that families that engage with an NFP nurse have better maternal and child health over their lifetimes, higher educational attainment, lower rates of substance use disorder, lower smoking rates, and lower incarceration rates. 

It’s one of the few behavioral interventions with families that has demonstrable short- and long-term impact. Bartholomew County currently utilizes one NFP Registered Nurse. 

The goal of this philanthropic gift is to assist CRH Foundation expand the number of NFP nurses serving Bartholomew County.