State & Indigenous Profiles

Maryland

Models implemented in Maryland included Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Connects, Healthy Families America, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 44 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

25,030
home visits provided
including 11,010 virtual visits
4,319
families served
4,432
children served

Ethnicity

26% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

20% No high school diploma

Child Age

76% <1 year

16% 1-2 years

8% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

69% Public

30% Private

1% None

Primary Language

71% English

24% Spanish

5% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Maryland, there were 321,600 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 416,700 children.

416,700 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 416,700 children who could benefit —

321,600 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 Maryland who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 18%
  • Single mother 23%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 5%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 2%
  • Low income 10%

Of the 321,600 families who could benefit —

44% of families met one or more priority criteria

11% 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 data for child insurance status were not included. Data are reported for the ABC-Infant program. • 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.