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MIECHV State Data Tables

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Massachusetts

Evidence-based models implemented with MIECHV funds in Massachusetts included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Healthy Families America, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, MIECHV funded 50 full-time equivalent (FTE) home visitors and 9 FTE supervisors. FTE can include full-time and part-time staff.

23,898

home visits provided

2,006

families served

1,808

children served

Caregiver Age

58% ≤21 years

30% 22–29 years

11% 30–44 years

<1% ≥45 years

Child Age

38% <1 year

43% 1-2 years

18% 3-6 years

Primary Language

60% English

33% Spanish

7% Other

Child Insurance Status

92% Public

6% Private

1% None

Caregiver Ethnicity

53% Hispanic or Latino

Household Income

73% Low income

Caregiver Race

* American Indian/Alaska Native

2% Asian

18% Black

* Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

52% White

27% Multiple

Caregiver Education

41% No high school diploma

44% High school diploma

12% Some college/training

3% Bachelor’s degree or higher

States provided data from their 2019 MIECHV federal report. Data represent families served through MIECHV-funded programs in fiscal year 2019. MIECHV State Data Tables include MIECHV data only. Numbers may vary from those in NHVRC State Profiles, which may include both MIECHV and non-MIECHV data provided by evidence-based models. • Caregivers include pregnant women, female caregivers, and male caregivers. • Caregivers and children with missing data were excluded from the calculations. • Public insurance includes Medicaid, CHIP, and TRICARE. • Low income is defined as family income at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. • Counts of FTE home visitor and supervisor positions were rounded to the nearest whole number. • To protect confidentiality, race and ethnicity categories with 10 or fewer caregivers were replaced with *. • Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.• To protect confidentiality, the "Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander" race category was combined with "Multiple."