Estimated State and Local Fiscal Effects of the Nurse Family Partnership Program

Authors

Timothy J. Bartik, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment ResearchFollow

Upjohn Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6238-8181

Issue Date

June 8, 2009

Abstract

This short paper estimates the state and local fiscal benefits of the Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) program. NFP provides nurse home visiting services to low-income first-time mothers. In addition to social benefits, NFP provides state and local fiscal benefits by reducing costs of social services, welfare, and crime, and increasing tax receipts due to increased earnings of mothers and former child participants when they grow up. Based on previous studies, this paper estimates that the present value, in 2007 dollars, of these state and local fiscal benefits is a little over $15,000 per NFP case.

Series

Policy Paper No. 2009-006

DOI

10.17848/pol2009-006

Keywords

low income mothers, Nurse Family Partnership, fiscal impact, social benefits, child welfare, state policy, local policy

Subject Areas

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, and INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS; Poverty and income support