State & Indigenous Profiles

Idaho

Models implemented in Idaho included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 16 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

7,767
home visits provided
including 1,191 virtual visits
1,014
families served
1,192
children served

Ethnicity

29% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

20% No high school diploma

Child Age

27% <1 year

45% 1-2 years

28% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

66% Public

13% Private

20% None

Primary Language

93% English

2% Spanish

5% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Idaho, there were 106,900 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 133,000 children.

133,000 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 133,000 children who could benefit —

106,900 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 Idaho who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 19%
  • Single mother 14%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 4%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 2%
  • Low income 11%

Of the 106,900 families who could benefit —

39% of families met one or more priority criteria

8% 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, 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. • 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. • PAT data for child insurance status and primary language were not included.