Parents as Teachers (PAT) is an evidence and research-based national, and international, home visitation program. As a PAT affiliate member, Birth & Beyond offers PAT home visitation programming for families in Sacramento County with children 0-5 years. PAT's mission is to promote optimal early development and heath of children by supporting and engaging caregivers. PAT curricula supports a caregiver’s role in promoting school readiness and healthy development of children by focusing on three areas of emphasis: parent-child interaction, development-centered parenting and family well being. Through PAT programming, home visitors explore topics such as increasing parent knowledge of child development, early detection of developmental delays, prevention of child abuse and neglect, increasing children's school readiness and strengthening community capacity and connectedness with families.