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State & Tribal Profiles

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2024 Yearbook

Maryland

Models implemented in Maryland included Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Connects, Family Spirit, Healthy Families America, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 49 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

28,612
home visits provided
2,602
families served
3,280
children served

Ethnicity

25% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

37% No high school diploma

Child Age

29% <1 year

47% 1-2 years

25% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

88% Public

10% Private

3% None

Primary Language

77% English

21% Spanish

2% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Maryland, there were 331,000 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 425,900 children.

425,900 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 425,900 children who could benefit —

331,000 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 Maryland who met the following targeting criteria:

  • Child <1 18%
  • Single mother 24%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 7%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 2%
  • Low income 16%

Of the 331,000 families who could benefit —

46% of families met one or more priority criteria

16% 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: ABC, EHS, Family Connects, HFA, HIPPY, 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. • ABC reported children served, families served, and home visits only. • EHS data may be underreported. Data include EHS programs that provided home-based services only. EHS race, ethnicity, and primary language data include children and pregnant caregivers. EHS did not report home visits or families served. The number of children served was included as a proxy for families served. • Family Connects reported families served and home visits only. The number of families served was included as a proxy for children served. • HFA reported primary language of caregivers. • NFP reported primary language of caregivers. • PAT data for child insurance status and primary language were not included.