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2024 Yearbook

Mississippi

Models implemented in Mississippi included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Healthy Families America, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 15 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

11,759
home visits provided
including 7,280 virtual visits
802
families served
796
children served

Ethnicity

* Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

14% No high school diploma

Child Age

38% <1 year

50% 1-2 years

12% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

98% Public

2% Private

<1% None

Primary Language

100% English

0% Spanish

0% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Mississippi, there were 167,800 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 215,000 children.

215,000 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 215,000 children who could benefit —

167,800 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 Mississippi who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 19%
  • Single mother 32%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 7%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 4%
  • Low income 31%

Of the 167,800 families who could benefit —

56% of families met one or more priority criteria

27% 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: HFA, HIPPY, 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. • HFA reported primary language of caregivers. • HIPPY did not report virtual home visits. • PAT data for child insurance status and primary language were not included.