Expanding a faith-based home visiting program to address racial disparities and inequities
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, awarded FAAITH, a new Trenton-based NGO, Tufts Medical Center, and the Shiloh Community Development Corporation a one-year planning grant to expand a congregationally based, faith-infused home visiting program to address racial disparities and inequities. The project, FAAITH and HOPE for equitable systems alignment, supported efforts by the Shiloh’s Pastor and FAAITH’s founder, Rev. Darrell Armstrong, to integrate the research-based HOPE framework into his ministry’s and other faith leaders’ works. “The Goal is to help families and the whole faith community better understand the ever-evolving developmental needs of newborn ‘gifts of life’ whom God has entrusted into their care,” says Pastor Armstrong.
Research Project Information
Project Name
FAAITH (Faith leaders Allied and Aligned to Institute Trust in the Home) and HOPE
HOPE Contributors
Allison Stephens, PhD, MEd^, co-principal investigator
^Formerly affiliated with the HOPE National Resource Center
Project Dates
March 15, 2023 – March 14, 2024
Collaborators
Shiloh Baptist Church in New Jersey, Henry J. Austin Health Center, City of Trenton, Central Jersey Family Health Consortium, Capitol County Children’s Collaboration, Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey, Capital Health, RWJBarnabas Health
