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2023 Yearbook

Iowa

Models implemented in Iowa included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Connects, Healthy Families America, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 54 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

75,604
home visits provided
including 31,010 virtual visits
7,480
families served
9,331
children served

Ethnicity

18% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

26% No high school diploma

Child Age

43% <1 year

33% 1-2 years

24% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

Data not available

Primary Language

76% English

12% Spanish

12% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Iowa, there were 176,600 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 230,500 children.

230,500 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 230,500 children who could benefit —

176,600 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 Iowa who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 21%
  • Single mother 20%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 5%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 2%
  • Low income 19%

Of the 176,600 families who could benefit —

45% of families met one or more priority criteria

16% of families met two or more priority criteria

Home visiting service and demographic data in this profile were provided by IA. Virtual home visit data were provided by: Family Connects, HFA, NFP, and PAT. • Missing and unknown data were not included in calculations. • Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. • Low income is defined as family income below the federal poverty threshold. • Single mothers include single, never married mothers or pregnant women. • Child insurance data were not included.