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2024 Yearbook

Michigan

Models implemented in Michigan included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Spirit, Healthy Families America, Nurse-Family Partnership, Parents as Teachers, and Play and Learning Strategies. Statewide, 98 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

66,548
home visits provided
8,436
families served
9,528
children served

Ethnicity

11% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

28% No high school diploma

Child Age

24% <1 year

54% 1-2 years

22% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

89% Public

6% Private

5% None

Primary Language

92% English

3% Spanish

5% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Michigan, there were 520,600 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 667,400 children.

667,400 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 667,400 children who could benefit —

520,600 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 Michigan who met the following targeting criteria:

  • Child <1 21%
  • Single mother 27%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 6%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 3%
  • Low income 29%

Of the 520,600 families who could benefit —

53% of families met one or more priority criteria

24% 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. • Percentages may not add up 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 providing home-based services only. EHS race, ethnicity, and primary language data include children and pregnant caregivers. EHS does not report home visits or families served. The number of children served was included as a proxy for families served. • Family Spirit reports children served, families served, and home visits only. • HFA reports primary language of caregivers. • PAT data for child insurance status and primary language are not included. • PALS reports children served, families served, and home visits only.