State & Indigenous Profiles

Georgia

Models implemented in Georgia included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Healthy Families America, Nurse-Family Partnership, Parents as Teachers, and SafeCare Augmented. Statewide, 36 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

33,152
home visits provided
including 13,331 virtual visits
2,766
families served
4,238
children served

Ethnicity

27% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

27% No high school diploma

Child Age

31% <1 year

41% 1-2 years

28% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

92% Public

7% Private

1% None

Primary Language

81% English

19% Spanish

<1% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Georgia, there were 573,000 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 744,000 children.

744,000 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 744,000 children who could benefit —

573,000 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 Georgia who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 18%
  • Single mother 25%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 6%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 2%
  • Low income 16%

Of the 573,000 families who could benefit —

48% of families met one or more priority criteria

15% 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, 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.