Since 1997, schools in Sacramento City Unified School District have experienced significant improvements in student achievement and parent-teacher relationships by adopting home visiting programs. Sacramento Area Congregations Together (ACT), a community organization that met with parents and discussed what changes they would like to see happen, helped initiate these programs. The partnership between Sacramento City Unified School District and Sacramento ACT has proven to be an effective collaboration by helping thousands of teachers, parents, and students to build stronger relationships. Because of the programs’ increasing success, the United States Department of Education awarded the District with a Fund for the Improvement of Education earmark grant to develop and operate the California Home Visiting Center.