State & Indigenous Profiles

Montana

Models implemented in Montana included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Spirit, Healthy Families America, Nurse-Family Partnership, Parents as Teachers, and SafeCare Augmented. Statewide, 37 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

11,842
home visits provided
including 2,077 virtual visits
1,271
families served
1,276
children served

Ethnicity

10% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

22% No high school diploma

Child Age

30% <1 year

41% 1-2 years

28% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

94% Public

3% Private

2% None

Primary Language

100% English

0% Spanish

<1% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Montana, there were 52,600 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 68,800 children.

68,800 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 68,800 children who could benefit —

52,600 families could benefit from home visiting

Many home visiting services are geared toward particular subpopulations. The NHVRC estimated the percentage of families who could benefit in Montana who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 19%
  • Single mother 16%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 4%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 2%
  • Low income 12%

Of the 52,600 families who could benefit —

40% of families met one or more priority criteria

9% of families met two or more priority criteria

NHVRC State Profiles present data provided by evidence-based models, which include both MIECHV and non-MIECHV data. This State Profile includes participant data from the following evidence-based models: EHS, Family Spirit, HFA, NFP, PAT, and SafeCare Augmented. • Missing and unknown data were not included in calculations. • Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. • To protect confidentiality, race and ethnicity categories with 10 or fewer participants were replaced with *. • Public insurance includes Medicaid, CHIP, and TRICARE. • Low income is defined as family income below the federal poverty threshold. • Single mothers include single, never married mothers or pregnant women. • EHS data may be underreported. Data include EHS programs that provided home-based services only. EHS did not report home visits. Data for child insurance status were not included. • Family Spirit reported children served, families served, total home visits, and virtual home visits only. • HFA data for private insurance include other forms of health insurance. • PAT data for child insurance status and primary language were not included. • SafeCare Augmented reported primary language, ethnicity, race, and families served only. The number of families served was included as a proxy for children served.