AlaHealth Nurse-Family Partnership
AlaHealth Nurse-Family Partnership helps first-time mothers (28 weeks or less) and their baby get access to care, support, advice, and information needed during pregnancy and up until their child’s second birthday.
Who We Are & What We Do
- Provide Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) services at no cost to Medicaid recipients
- Improve pregnancy outcomes for mothers and babies
- Increase healthy birth spacing between pregnancies
- Reduce preterm births and support more full-term deliveries
- Increase breastfeeding initiation among mothers
- Promote preventive health practices for moms and children
- Provide specially trained nurses who deliver personalized support, education, and care
- Improve child health and development outcomes
- Reduce child abuse and neglect
- Decrease emergency room visits for accidents and poisonings
- Reduce language delays in children by age 21 months
- Lower behavior and intellectual problems by age 6
- Improve school readiness
- Strengthen family economic self-sufficiency
Program Eligibility
- First-time mom (less than 28 weeks)
- Eligible for Alabama Medicaid
- Live in one of the following counties: Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan
- Must have a referral from an Alabama Coordinated Health Network (ACHN) Medicaid partner
Referral Information
- Apply for Medicaid Online
- Frequently asked questions about applying for Medicaid
- If you are an Alabama Coordinated Health Network (ACHN) entity, please complete and submit the “ACHN – NFP Referral Form.” Click here for the form.
- If you are not an Alabama Coordinated Health Network (ACHN) entity, please complete and submit the “Standard – NFP Referral Form.” Click here for the form.
- Please submit your referral form via email or fax.
Contact Us
Phone: 855-288-8192
Email: NFP@alahealth.com
Fax: 205-220-0225
Address: 2616 Hough Road, Florence AL 35630
Notices
AlaHealth does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, or age in admission, treatment, or participation in its programs, services, activities, or employment. For further information about this policy, contact: Rachel Muro, Toll Free: 1-855-288-8192 and TTY: 711.
AlaHealth will take such steps as are necessary to ensure that qualified persons with disabilities, including those with impaired sensory or speaking skills, receive effective notice concerning benefits or services or written material concerning waivers of rights or consent to treatment. All aids needed to provide this notice are provided without cost to the person being served.
It is the policy of AlaHealth to provide communication aids, at no cost to the person being served, to persons with limited English proficiency (LEP), including current and prospective patients, clients, family members, and interested persons, to ensure they have a meaningful opportunity to apply for, receive or participate in, or benefit from the services offered.
The AlaHealth NFP office is located at 2616 Hough Road, Florence, Alabama. AlaHealth and all of its programs and activities are accessible to and usable by disabled persons, including persons with impaired hearing and vision. Access features include:
- Convenient off-street parking designated specifically for disabled persons.
- Level access into first floor.
- Fully accessible offices, meeting rooms, bathrooms, and public waiting areas.
- A full range of assistive and communication aids provided without additional charge to persons with limited English proficiency, or with impaired hearing, vision, speech, or manual skills. Such aids include on-demand access to real-time interpreter services and document translation services in over 240 languages, including American Sign Language and braille. Staff members are available to read written materials aloud to persons with visual impairment, and writing materials are available to persons with speech impairments.