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 Childcare 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 education
- Immigrant/refugee families
- Families experiencing housing insecurity
Who is implementing the model?
Home Visitors
ParentChild+ was implemented by 638 community-based ELSs in 2022. 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 235 community-based site coordinators in 2022. 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 119 local agencies across 14 states in 2022. ParentChild+ also operated outside the United States and its territories in Bermuda, Canada, Chile, Ireland, Singapore, and the United Kingdom in 2022.
Families Served Through Home Visiting in 2022
Race
2% American Indian Alaska Native
10% Asian
31% Black
<1% Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander
10% White
<1% Multiple
45% Another race
Ethnicity
41% Hispanic or Latino
59% Not Hispanic or Latino
Caregiver age
3% ≤21 years
28% 22-29 years
63% 30-44 years
6% ≥45 years
Caregiver education
31% No HS diploma
32% HS diploma or GED
23% Some college or training
15% Bachelor's degree or higher
Primary Language
38% English
33% Spanish
29% Another language
Household income
90% Low-income status
Child age
3% <1 year
84% 1-2 years
13% 3-5 years