Arizona
Models implemented in Arizona included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Spirit, Healthy Families America, Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-Visiting, Nurse-Family Partnership, Parents as Teachers, and SafeCare Augmented. Statewide, 58 local agencies operated at least one of these models.
Race
12% American Indian Alaska Native
2% Asian
9% Black
<1% Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander
66% White
7% Multiple
4% Another race
Ethnicity
55% Hispanic or Latino
Caregiver Education
19% No high school diploma
Child Age
35% <1 year
37% 1-2 years
29% 3-5 years
Child Insurance Status
77% Public
19% Private
4% None
Primary Language
76% English
20% Spanish
4% Another language
Potential Beneficiaries
In Arizona, there were 371,500 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 465,200 children.
465,200 children could benefit from home visiting
Of the 465,200 children who could benefit —
371,500 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 Arizona who met the following priority criteria:
- Child <1 19%
- Single mother 25%
- Parent with no high school diploma 6%
- Pregnant woman or mother <21 2%
- Low income 17%
Of the 371,500 families who could benefit —
49% of families met one or more priority criteria
16% of families met two or more priority criteria