State & Indigenous Profiles

Delaware

Models implemented in Delaware included Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Healthy Families America, Nurse-Family Partnership, Parents as Teachers, and Promoting First Relationships. Statewide, 10 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

13,467
home visits provided
including 3,183 virtual visits
1,428
families served
1,395
children served

Ethnicity

30% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

21% No high school diploma

Child Age

32% <1 year

47% 1-2 years

21% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

91% Public

3% Private

6% None

Primary Language

78% English

18% Spanish

4% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Delaware, there were 46,100 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 62,700 children.

62,700 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 62,700 children who could benefit —

46,100 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 Delaware who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 17%
  • Single mother 27%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 6%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 1%
  • Low income 14%

Of the 46,100 families who could benefit —

48% of families met one or more priority criteria

14% 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: ABC, EHS, HFA, NFP, PAT, and PFR. • 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. • ABC data for child insurance status were not included. Data are reported for the ABC-Infant program. • EHS data may be underreported. Data include EHS programs that provided home-based services only. EHS did not report home visits. Data for child insurance status were not included. • HFA data for private insurance include other forms of health insurance. • PAT data for child insurance status and primary language were not included. • PFR reported children served, families served, total home visits, and virtual home visits only.