ParentChild+
ParentChild+, formerly called the Parent-Child Home Program, supports families with young children living in historically marginalized communities in accessing a path to possibility. ParentChild+ has an international network of local program sites whose highly trained, community-based, linguistically-matched early learning specialists (ELSs) partner with families (One-on-One Family Home Visiting model) and home-based child care providers (Home-Based Child Care model) to support adult-child interaction and ensure children achieve their greatest potential in school and life.
What is the model’s approach to providing home visiting services?
Home visits take place twice per week for a minimum of 46 weeks (92 visits total). ParentChild+ works with families when their children are between the ages of 16 months and 4 years old. Children typically enter the program at 2 years old and exit as they transition to pre-K or a Head Start center-based program.
ParentChild+’s service population includes the following:
- Families with low incomes
- Families experiencing language or literacy barriers
- Families experiencing social isolation
- Caregivers with limited access to early childhood programming or supports
- Immigrant/refugee families
- Families experiencing housing insecurity
Who is implementing the model?
Home Visitors
ParentChild+ was implemented by 703 community-based ELSs in 2023. The model requires ELSs to have educational, work, and/or life experience relevant to the work and their community; be fluent in their families’ home languages; share a cultural/community background with their families; and to have lived or worked in the communities they serve. The maximum caseload for experienced ELSs is 15 families.
Supervisors
ParentChild+ was implemented by 248 community-based site coordinators in 2023. The model recommends that community-based site coordinators have educational, work, and/or life experience relevant to the work and their community.
Where is the model implemented?
ParentChild+ operated in 126 local agencies across 15 states in 2023. ParentChild+ also operated outside the United States and its territories in Bermuda, Canada, Chile, Ireland, Singapore, and the United Kingdom in 2023.
Families Served Through Home Visiting in 2023
Race
2% American Indian Alaska Native
11% Asian
30% Black
<1% Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander
12% White
<1% Multiple
45% Another race
Ethnicity
41% Hispanic or Latino
59% Not Hispanic or Latino
Primary Language
40% English
33% Spanish
27% Another language
Caregiver age
3% ≤21 years
28% 22-29 years
63% 30-44 years
6% ≥45 years
Caregiver education
28% No HS diploma
33% HS diploma or GED
22% Some college or training
17% Bachelor's degree or higher
Household income
90% Low-income status
10% Not low-income status
Child age
2% <1 year
85% 1-2 years
13% 3-5 years
Child insurance status
84% Public
13% Private
3% None