In-home program helps 2,800 new SC moms and babies. Advocates want it to continue.

SC advocates are promoting childhood Home Visiting programs, especially in a state that consistently ranks near the bottom for both infant and maternal mortality.

By: Jessica Holdman

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: October 12, 2026

Words: 1,403

Last Updated: 5 days, 20 hours ago

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When Sanquinita Martin visits the home of new parents in the Upstate, she acts as an extra set of eyes, encouraging parents and answering their questions as they learn to care for their newborn or toddler, “like an outside person looking in, and it’s not your mother-in-law.”

She’s part personal coach, part cheerleader — whatever that parent needs — as part of the federal Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting program.

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