Arizona
Models implemented in Arizona included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Check-Up, Family Spirit, Healthy Families America, Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-Visiting, Nurse-Family Partnership, Parents as Teachers, and SafeCare Augmented. Statewide, 88 local agencies operated at least one of these models.
Race
15% American Indian Alaska Native
2% Asian
6% Black
<1% Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander
68% White
5% Multiple
3% Another race
Ethnicity
51% Hispanic or Latino
Caregiver Education
19% No high school diploma
Child Age
29% <1 year
37% 1-2 years
33% 3-5 years
Child Insurance Status
79% Public
18% Private
4% None
Primary Language
77% English
15% Spanish
8% Another language
Potential Beneficiaries
In Arizona, there were 384,200 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 471,000 children.
471,000 children could benefit from home visiting
Of the 471,000 children who could benefit —
384,200 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 Arizona who met the following priority criteria:
- Child <1 19%
- Single mother 25%
- Parent with no high school diploma 6%
- Pregnant woman or mother <21 3%
- Low income 16%
Of the 384,200 families who could benefit —
49% of families met one or more priority criteria
16% of families met two or more priority criteria