Our Origin Story

Twenty-five years ago, in 1998, parent and community organizers joined forces with educators to pilot a relational home visit model in an effort to counter deeply-held mistrust and disrupt the cycle of blame between home and school. The model was first introduced in eight Sacramento, CA schools. Success and significant media attention fueled rapid growth and an organization was born!  

In the intervening years, PTHV expanded to more than 700 communities across 28 states and the District of Columbia.  Looking forward, we are working to leverage our core values and recent research findings to further advance our vision of fundamentally changing what it means to teach and learn for every student, family, and educator through the transformative power of trusting relationships.