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State & Tribal Profiles

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2024 Yearbook

Nebraska

Models implemented in Nebraska included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Spirit, and Healthy Families America. Statewide, 20 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

4,842
home visits provided
823
families served
990
children served

Ethnicity

32% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

29% No high school diploma

Child Age

41% <1 year

52% 1-2 years

7% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

87% Public

7% Private

6% None

Primary Language

74% English

24% Spanish

2% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Nebraska, there were 118,600 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 153,800 children.

153,800 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 153,800 children who could benefit —

118,600 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 Nebraska who met the following targeting criteria:

  • Child <1 22%
  • Single mother 20%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 7%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 3%
  • Low income 21%

Of the 118,600 families who could benefit —

47% of families met one or more priority criteria

18% 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: EHS, Family Spirit, and HFA. • 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. • 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 Spirit reported children served, families served, and home visits only. • HFA reported primary language of caregivers.