State & Indigenous Profiles

Alabama

Models implemented in Alabama included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Healthy Families America, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 53 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

67,579
home visits provided
including 9,890 virtual visits
4,187
families served
4,329
children served

Ethnicity

10% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

14% No high school diploma

Child Age

22% <1 year

33% 1-2 years

45% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

84% Public

16% Private

<1% None

Primary Language

95% English

4% Spanish

1% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Alabama, there were 256,100 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 338,900 children.

338,900 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 338,900 children who could benefit —

256,100 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 Alabama who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 18%
  • Single mother 25%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 5%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 3%
  • Low income 20%

Of the 256,100 families who could benefit —

48% of families met one or more priority criteria

17% 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: HFA, HIPPY, 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. • HFA data for private insurance include other forms of health insurance. • PAT data for child insurance status and primary language were not included.