State & Indigenous Profiles

Wisconsin

Models implemented in Wisconsin included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Spirit, Healthy Families America, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 57 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

44,419
home visits provided
including 6,056 virtual visits
3,655
families served
4,337
children served

Ethnicity

28% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

22% No high school diploma

Child Age

33% <1 year

48% 1-2 years

19% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

94% Public

5% Private

2% None

Primary Language

74% English

20% Spanish

6% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Wisconsin, there were 283,500 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 366,200 children.

366,200 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 366,200 children who could benefit —

283,500 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 Wisconsin who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 20%
  • Single mother 22%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 4%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 2%
  • Low income 11%

Of the 283,500 families who could benefit —

45% of families met one or more priority criteria

12% 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, HIPPY, NFP, and PAT. • 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.