Data: 6,100 people served since program inception in 2014
NurturePA provides free and confidential text message-based peer support that connects experienced moms with newer moms across Pennsylvania to offer personalized parenting encouragement, guidance, and resources through ongoing, one-on-one relationships. NurturePA is open to all moms across the state, regardless of income, age, or language spoken.
The organization's volunteer "mentor moms" represent a wide range of life experiences, but all have been mothers themselves and have completed a 10-module training curriculum based on American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations and the 5 Protective Factors to Prevent Child Abuse framework. Mentors work with up to 10 new moms to support them with practical parenting guidance mental health/resilience advice recommendations for age-appropriate activities that promote healthy development, bonding, and early literacy service referrals a nonjudgmental space to vent and ask questions and up to 8 postpartum depression/anxiety screenings in the first year postpartum.
NurturePA works with partners across sectors—including County Human Service/CYS agencies, birthing hospitals, OB/GYNs and nurses, therapists, doulas, and other nonprofit organizations—to reach birthing parents wherever they are. NurturePA's entirely text message-based model ensures that even mothers living without reliable internet coverage, transportation, or child care can always access someone who cares and can help, which makes it a great option for moms in rural areas.