State & Tribal Profiles
Florida
Models implemented in Florida included Child First, Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Healthy Families America, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, Minding the Baby, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 102 local agencies operated at least one of these models.
Race
<1% American Indian Alaska Native
2% Asian
35% Black
<1% Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander
53% White
4% Multiple
6% Another race
Ethnicity
39% Hispanic or Latino
Caregiver Education
41% No high school diploma
Child Age
35% <1 year
36% 1-2 years
29% 3-5 years
Child Insurance Status
89% Public
6% Private
5% None
Primary Language
68% English
27% Spanish
5% Another language
Potential Beneficiaries
In Florida, there were 989,500 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 1,287,200 children.
1,287,200 children could benefit from home visiting
Of the 1,287,200 children who could benefit —
989,500 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 Florida who met the following targeting criteria:
- Child <1 19%
- Single mother 27%
- Parent with no high school diploma 7%
- Pregnant woman or mother <21 3%
- Low income 26%
Of the 989,500 families who could benefit —
53% of families met one or more priority criteria
21% of families met two or more priority criteria