State & Indigenous Profiles

Illinois

Models implemented in Illinois included Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Connects, Healthy Families America, Nurse-Family Partnership, Parents as Teachers, and Preparing for Life — Home Visiting. Statewide, 196 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

162,349
home visits provided
including 12,569 virtual visits
19,560
families served
23,463
children served

Ethnicity

41% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

21% No high school diploma

Child Age

28% <1 year

57% 1-2 years

16% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

79% Public

19% Private

2% None

Primary Language

26% English

69% Spanish

6% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Illinois, there were 615,400 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 809,100 children.

809,100 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 809,100 children who could benefit —

615,400 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 Illinois who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 19%
  • Single mother 24%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 4%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 2%
  • Low income 15%

Of the 615,400 families who could benefit —

46% 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: EHS, Family Connects, HFA, NFP, PAT, and PFL. • Missing and unknown data were not included in calculations. • Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. • 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. • Family Connects data for child age 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. • PFL did not report virtual home visits, race, child age, or child insurance status.