State & Indigenous Profiles

Nevada

Models implemented in Nevada included Early Head Start Home-Based Option, Family Check-Up, Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, Nurse-Family Partnership, and Parents as Teachers. Statewide, 11 local agencies operated at least one of these models.

7,789
home visits provided
including 529 virtual visits
702
families served
700
children served

Ethnicity

42% Hispanic or Latino

Caregiver Education

15% No high school diploma

Child Age

28% <1 year

37% 1-2 years

34% 3-5 years

Child Insurance Status

73% Public

22% Private

4% None

Primary Language

72% English

23% Spanish

5% Another language

Potential Beneficiaries

In Nevada, there were 161,100 pregnant women and families with children under 6 years old not yet in kindergarten who could benefit from home visiting. These families included 208,500 children.

208,500 children could benefit from home visiting

Of the 208,500 children who could benefit —

161,100 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 Nevada who met the following priority criteria:

  • Child <1 18%
  • Single mother 23%
  • Parent with no high school diploma 7%
  • Pregnant woman or mother <21 2%
  • Low income 15%

Of the 161,100 families who could benefit —

48% of families met one or more priority criteria

14% 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: 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. • PAT data for child insurance status and primary language were not included.