State & Indigenous Profiles

Hawaii

Models implemented in Hawaii included Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Check-Up, Healthy Families America, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 21 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

10,302
home visits provided
including 6,208 virtual visits
998
families served
1,180
children served

Ethnicity

15% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

16% No high school diploma

Child Age

26% <1 year

49% 1-2 years

26% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

88% Public

12% Private

<1% None

Primary Language

80% English

1% Spanish

19% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Hawaii, there were 72,300 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 97,100 children.

97,100 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 97,100 children who could benefit —

72,300 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 Hawaii who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 20%
  • Single mother 20%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 2%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 2%
  • Low income 12%

Of the 72,300 families who could benefit —

44% of families met one or more priority criteria

10% 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: EHS, HFA, HIPPY, 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. • 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.