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State & Indigenous Profiles

Kentucky

Models implemented in Kentucky included Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Health Access Nurturing Development Services, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker Program, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 72 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

169,499
home visits provided
including 12,114 virtual visits
7,051
families served
6,549
children served

Ethnicity

14% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

19% No high school diploma

Child Age

46% <1 year

51% 1-2 years

3% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

88% Public

8% Private

3% None

Primary Language

87% English

10% Spanish

3% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Kentucky, there were 249,000 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 313,400 children.

313,400 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 313,400 children who could benefit —

249,000 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 Kentucky who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 20%
  • Single mother 23%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 5%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 3%
  • Low income 24%

Of the 249,000 families who could benefit —

51% of families met one or more priority criteria

18% 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: HANDS, HIPPY, MIHOW, 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. • HIPPY data for private insurance include other forms of health insurance. • PAT data for child insurance status and primary language were not included.