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State & Indigenous Profiles

South Dakota

Models implemented in South Dakota included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Spirit, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 9 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

5,583
home visits provided
including 791 virtual visits
770
families served
678
children served

Ethnicity

20% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

24% No high school diploma

Child Age

43% <1 year

52% 1-2 years

5% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

70% Public

8% Private

22% None

Primary Language

84% English

12% Spanish

4% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In South Dakota, there were 50,300 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 67,500 children.

67,500 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 67,500 children who could benefit —

50,300 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 South Dakota who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 21%
  • Single mother 20%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 4%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 3%
  • Low income 16%

Of the 50,300 families who could benefit —

44% of families met one or more priority criteria

14% 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, 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. • PAT data for child insurance status and primary language were not included.